By Pete Chambers--- If you ever get the chance, have a conversation with Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. Half an hour with the man behind some of the greatest music ever made
By Patricia Meschino---- When veteran Jamaican singer Leroy Sibbles took the stage at the St. Kitts Music Festival, the audience drew closer to savor his smooth delivery of vintage hits
D-Medz Though admitting he was never a big fan of Studio One music, singjay D-Medz said when he got a “spiritual vibration” to record songs on some of the legendary
The Heptones members: Robert Dacres, Earl Morgan and Carlton Scarlett.--- VETERAN reggae group The Heptones will be releasing their 64th studio album called Rebel Love in May. The 10-track album
By Benjamin Boles-- Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label had an enormous impact on reggae, ska, dub, rocksteady, and dancehall, and helped launch the careers of artists including Bob Marley, The
Leroy Sibbles--- THE rocksteady era of the late 1960's produced several great songwriters and musicians. One of them was Leroy Sibbles of harmony trio The Heptones. Sibbles, an headliner for
From left: Bunny Livingston, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh when they just formed The Wailin' Wailers.--- Studio 1 has become a household name in Jamaica, insofar as it relates to
By Roy Black--- The Mighty Diamonds in 1975.--- The Mighty Diamonds belong to an exclusive fraternity of three-part harmony group singers that emerged in the mid-1960's in Jamaican popular music
Baby Cham--- By Mel Cooke-- More than being a performer and/or songwriter, entertainers are now encouraged to think of themselves as a brand. As such, they are advised to
By Gordon Robinson---- Since 1962, Jamaica's Independence has shone through music. Jamaica created three original music beats. Reggae is the most famous, but before reggae came ska and rocksteady. It's a