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Distinctly Jamaican Sounds (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Roland Alphonso & The Bunny Lee Allstars are up next in the Spooktacular with a tune called "Devils Disciple" taken from the Black Magic Reggae CD set on the Sanctuary label. Roland Alphonso (born January 12, 1931, Havana, Cuba) moved to Jamaica at the age of 2 and started out in the music business in 1948 when he left school to join Eric Dean's Orchestra and first started recording for...
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
On the heels of National Heroes Day, Jamaica's renowned female music producer, Sonia Pottinger, OD, triumphed in the Supreme Court, which ruled on Wednesday that she is the rightful owner of the famed Treasure Isle record catalogue.
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
The sound system is the bedrock of indigenous Jamaican popular music culture, playing music made in Jamaica long before radio stations decided to give ska and its successors a spin.
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
Next year, that sound system, Merritone, turns 60 years old.
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
In the early years of Jamaica's music business, producers and sound system operators like Arthur 'Duke' Reid and Prince Buster depended on flamboyant figures to get their music out to the public, and keep patrons at dances entertained.
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Boot Sale Sounds (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
An old LP on the Coxone label from 1967 found at a flea market some time ago. Its a bit scratched sp please forgive the blips and pops. "The Soul Vendors the group that gave us 'Rock Steady', the phrase originated by Coxone Dodd, the record producer and owner of Studio One studio. This new sound was much slower than Ska, stronger base line and a persistent shuffling rhythm together with some very...
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the echo and echoplex (Free subscription) | 29/07/2009
[ August 12, 2009; 9:00 pm to 11:55 pm. 9:00 pm to 11:55 pm. ] Pablo Moses || Watch Pablo Moses burst onto the reggae scene in 1975 with the puzzling song "I Man a Grasshopper" from his debut album Revolutionary Dream. The song title refers the title character of the then popular television series Kung Fu though it tells the story of a drunken ex-cop who turns in a ganja-smoking [...]
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Riddimjamaica (Free subscription) | 25/06/2009
Last month marked the 40th anniversary since Jamaica lost one of its best-loved sons, the legendary and tragic Don Drummond. As a tribute to one of the greatest trombonist the world has ever known, Trojan have made available once more the ‘Memorial Album’ that first saw issue on the…
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
Jamaican legend U-Roy is now 67 years old and has never been busier. And after nearly 50 years in showbiz, the world is finally catching up to the Godfather of Jamaican Dancehall and American Hip-Hop, and giving respect where respect is due.
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Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 22/06/2009
Chicken Scratch [Deluxe Edition] features some of the earliest recordings by reggae & Dub innovator Lee "Scratch" Perry.
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Me Inna Fever (Free subscription) | 15/06/2009
Island Records Reggae Box Set - War Ina Babylon Island Records really introduced myself and the UK to Reggae. Island Records was a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. It was based in England for many years, but is now owned by Universal Music Group and is operated in the United States through The Island Def Jam Music Group and in the UK through Island Records Group....
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Paris DJs Podcasts (Free subscription) | 31/05/2009
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Pleasure Dub (CD/LP) Pressure sounds PSCD0063/PSLP0063, 2009-07-11 Mixed by Errol Brown @ Treasure Isle Recording Studio Pressure Sounds is delighted to be able to finally add a Treasure Isle album to the catalogue! - Duke Reid 's nephew Errol Brown , who would go on become one of the key engineers at Bob Marley 's Tuff Gong Studio, mixed Pleasure Dub and this...
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
This month marks the 40th anniversary since Jamaica lost one of its best-loved sons, the legendary and tragic Don Drummond.
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Riddimjamaica (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
As there is scarcely any madness without the method, his works have endured through the ages. His early compositions have served as the benchmark for what is ska. Don Drummond is the unassuming name given to one of the greatest trombonists and composers to come out of that era. He…
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 24/05/2009
It's 40 years since the death in prison, following his conviction for the murder of his girlfriend, of Jamaica's most celebrated trombonist.
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