By Howard Campbell--- The Melodians performing at Skamouth music festival in the United Kingdom last month. From left: Taurus Alphonso, Trevor McNaughton and Winston Dias--- Rocksteady greats, The Melodians, released
BY RORY DALEY--- Trevor McNaughton of The Melodians with his award. (Garfield Robinson)--- Organizers of the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) Honor Awards stressed its importance Sunday at the Courtleigh
The Melodians: (from left) Trevor McNaughton, Taurus Alphonso and Winston Dias performing at the This Is Ska Festival in Rosslau, Germany, in June. OF the flood of harmony groups that
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
By Brian Bonitto---- Brothers Roger (left) and Ian Lewis of the reggae band Inner Circle.--- BROTHERS Ian and Roger Lewis, founding members of the Inner Circle band, believe Jamaica could
(From left) Trevor McNaughton, Taurus Alphanso and Winston Dias. WHEN Tony Brevett died in October 2013, it left Trevor McNaughton as the sole survivor of The Melodians, one of reggae's
John Holt - File--- One of the prominent features of 1960s and 1970s popular music was the prevalence of singing groups. The feature seemed to have been triggered by the
By Howard Campbell K Vibes/Brick Rose---- TO many in the competitive New York City music beat, singer K Vibes/Brick Rose has paid her dues, having recorded for several of the
By Howard Campbell----- This month marks 40 years since the release of Perry Henzell's sensational movie The Harder They Come which helped introduce Jamaican pop culture to the world.
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