Bass supremo, Robbie Shakespeare, half of Jamaica’s best-known rhythm section of all time, Sly & Robbie celebrates his 63rd birthday on 27th September 2016.Over the past four decades Robbie and his drumming partner have been involved in the...
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Few individuals have exerted a greater influence on the sound of Jamaican music than Ewart Beckford, the man more commonly known as U Roy.In the early seventies, the pioneering DJ was a dominant force on the reggae scene, recording a series of classic 45s,...
It is with an extremely heavy heart that we can report that Jack Price – musician, song-writer, producer, promoter and record company owner – sadly passed away on the evening of Saturday 17thSeptember.During his long and distinguished career in music, he...
It is widely acknowledged that very few individuals have exerted a more profound influence on the development of Jamaican music than Cecil Bustmente Campbell aka Prince Buster.After launching his career as an independent operator at the start of the...
