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Oku still rebelling against the system 29 Mar 2010 | 07:44 pm
Back in the 1970s, when Black Power was the rage in Jamaica, it was cool to clench fists and wear an Afro. Many former radicals have mellowed, but not poet Oku Onuora who, at 58, retains the snarl of ...
Mighty Diamonds Receive Ragga Muffins Festival Award Of Recognition, Long Beach, CA, Feb. 21 4 Mar 2010 | 06:14 am
In honor more than 40 years together as a vocal trio, the Mighty Diamonds received the Ragga Muffins Festival Award of Recognition on Feb. 21. Following their performance at the sold out 29th annual R...
The culture of reggae band Culture 15 Feb 2010 | 07:31 pm
A Black History Month look back at Culture, one of reggaes most influential and conscious groups. Culture set themselves apart by insisting on reporting on Jamaican social conditions, above all els...
Righteous finger on reggae pulse 20 Jan 2010 | 11:06 pm
When Steel Pulse started out in the rough and tough Birmingham district of Handsworth in the mid-70s they got support from an unlikely source. While the roots reggae band were shunned by live venues ...
Melodians keep rocksteady alive 9 Jan 2010 | 01:38 am
As a general rule with rocksteady the post-ska, pre-reggae form of Jamaican vocal music if a group's name ends in -ians, it's worth a listen. There are exceptions; some bands without the distin...
Max Romeo releases definitive collection 23 Nov 2009 | 07:36 pm
If he could have found people willing to give voice to the lyrics he penned, Max Romeo would have never stood behind a microphone. "I did not have singing on my mind. I loved poetry. I wanted to be a...
1980 reggae movie Rockers still has cult following 12 Nov 2009 | 03:02 am
Reggae and a 30-year-old movie about its Jamaican culture has become popular with a new generation. Inner Circle includes founding members Ian and Roger Lewis, who both appeared in the 1978 film Roc...
Studio One court case a heavy load - Bob Andy 9 Nov 2009 | 04:54 am
The law suit between singer/songwriter Keith 'Bob Andy' Anderson and the Clement Coxsone Dodd estate continues this month with the singer stating that it is "weighing him down". The court will determ...
Winston Riley invests $50m in studio, museum project 31 Oct 2009 | 05:17 am
Veteran producer, Winston Riley, is investing just over $50 million in a studio and museum he intends to open before year-end on Orange Street, downtown Kingston. The building is being constructed on...
Sonia Pottinger - a true Jamaican musical heroine 26 Oct 2009 | 02:11 am
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...
