Master Drummer Lloyd Knibb and the Beat That Build Ska

Few musicians can claim to have shaped the sound of a genre as profoundly as Lloyd Knibb. As the drummer for the legendary Skatalites, Knibb helped define the rhythmic pulse that powered ska, the energetic Jamaican music that later evolved into rocksteady and reggae. His drumming provided the driving force behind hundreds of recordings during […]

The Story of “More, More, More”: Andrea True and the Jamaican Connection

In 1976, a sultry disco track titled More, More, More climbed the charts and became one of the defining songs of the disco era. Few listeners realised that the hit which would reach No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 was birthed in Jamaica. Even fewer knew that its singer, Andrea True, had arrived on […]