Millie Small--- THIS year, singer Millie Small celebrates more than 50 years of musical history. Her My Boy Lollipop was an international hit in 1964. It was a ska
By Roy Black--- Laurel Aitken--- Laying the foundation for the dissemination of Jamaica's popular music to the outside world is the focus of this retrospective. Last week, the Music Diaries paid
By Howard Campbell--- Richie Stephens and the Ska Nation Band.-- The ska craze had died down in Jamaica when Richie Stephens (Stephenson) was born in 1966. Though recognized as
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL---- Top: Barry Morrow on the set of his latest film, Smitten, in northern Italy. Bottom: Reggae legend Bob Marley--- IT was the summer of 1974 and, according to
By Howard Campbell--- Top: Sonny Roberts Bottom: Millie Small, Chris Blackwell and Wilfred Jackie Edwards-- OF the many Jamaicans who made their mark in the British music industry during
By Howard Campbell--- (From left) Keith Goodison; producer Sonny Roberts; Dandy Livingstone, singer/producer; emcee and radio personality Norma Brown-Bell; and organizer Kingsley Goodison at the launch of Tribute To The
By Kevin Jackson--- Omi--- SINGER Omi has broken into the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the United States, making him the seventh Jamaican artist to
Desmond Dekker--- At the crack of dawn on Labor Day earlier this week, thousands of Jamaicans embarked on their various chores, totally oblivious of the fact that one of the
Top: (L) Janet Kay & (R) Kofi Bottom:L-R Sandra Cross, producer Donald Harper , Carroll Thompson---- A documentary about the woman's role in British reggae is expected to be released
By Howard Campbell--- Top: WHEN it comes to the history of early reggae, Heather Augustyn's interest has no bounds. For the past decade, the American journalist/teacher has written extensively on the