Reggae Genealogy kicks off Reggae Month activities in South Florida, home to one of the largest Jamaican communities in the ...
Rocksteady, however ... The power of reggae, built on a foundation of history with the spirit of the Jamaican people and messages of a better future, became a notion with universal appreciation.
Jamaican music producer Clement "Sir Coxsone'' Dodd, an early pioneer of ska, rocksteady and reggae, died on Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 72. In 1963 Dodd opened Studio One, Jamaica's ...
Dance With Women Again is done to the timeless beat of Toots And The Maytals’ 54-46. That song was released in 1968 when the ...
The band fit into the Rocksteady wave of Jamaican music quite well, with a string of hits starting in 1964 and running through 1970. After suffering from a lack of royalty payments, the group joined ...
Concentrating on original Jamaican Ska, Rock steady and Reggae genres (with a dash on 2-Tone here and there), they pride themselves on being true to the original recordings. “The greatest ...
The Jamaican-American singer will celebrate the history of reggae music with his "Mr. Symphonic" show. The program will trace a legacy that includes mento, ska, rocksteady and reggae through ...
As a group we are inspired by the harmonies, American Jazz/rhythm and blues influences of early Jamaican Ska, rocksteady and reggae as well as the harder edge and increased tempo of the 2Tone Revival.