The Top 10 Toots and the Maytals Songs
The Jamaican musical group, Toots and the Maytals, are known for being one of the best rocksteady and ska vocal groups. The group was originally known as The Maytals, when Frederick “Toots” Hibbert met Nathaniel “Jerry” Mathias and Henry “Raleigh” Gordon in 1962. After adding their first instrumentalist members to the group, including Hux Brown, […]
New Restaurant Brings Authentic Jamaican Flavor to Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading, Pennsylvania now has an authentic Jamaican restaurant, the House of Jerk Dread or HOJD. The owner is Roger Watt, 40, who learned to cook early in his life. Before coming to Reading in 2003, Watt lived in Brooklyn, New York, moving there from Jamaica at the age of ten. Both of his parents worked […]
Photo Highlights: 40th Greensleeves Anniversary Celebration
Greensleeves Records celebrated its 40th anniversary at BB Kings in New York City with performances by Addis Pablo, Alborosie, and Queen Ifrica. The night started with the sounds of Deadly Dragon spinning some vinyls on the turntables, and was proceeded by Addis Pablo. His performance on this night coincided with the birthday of his father, […]
My sister wont talk to me, and the loan company is after me as her guarantor
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, I stood guarantor when my sister took out a loan. Now that the company is after me, I went to visit her. I found out she left for Canada. When any of the relatives try to link her she refuses to speak to us. It seems she prearranged the entire escape, […]