Category: Music
Jimmy Cliff, image from Wikimedia
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Musical acts that open for big name performers, to use a Rodney Dangerfield phrase, ‘don’t get no respect.’ That’s mainly...
Tambourine in Jamaican Music
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The tambourine or timbrel is an important musical instrument in Revival churches in Jamaica. It is also featured in mento,...
Rhumba box, Jamaica
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While waiting in the immigration line at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay a few years ago, I...
Everald or Brother Brown's Dove Harp
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It wasn’t hard to miss this colorful object, called a dove harp, that was part of an exhibition on view...
Romance isn’t something I think about when I travel as most of the times, I’m traveling solo. When I travel...
Aswad
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British reggae band, Aswad, has been around since the mid 70s. Take a listen to one of their big hits,...
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Though Judy Mowatt is best known as a member of the I-Threes, Bob Marley’s back up vocalists (Rita Marley and...
JC Lodge, image from the internet
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Born June Carol Lodge in London, England in 1958 to a Jamaican father and British mother, JC Lodge was taken...
Phyllis Dillon, photo from the Internet
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On this lovely Sunday, I’d like to share two songs from ska and reggae singer, Phyllis Dillon, who made her...
Derrick Harriott, photo from The Jamaica Gleaner
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Singer and producer, Derrick Harriott, has been in and around the music business in Jamaica for well over 50 years....