Beenie Man – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Beenie Man came from the rougher than rough Waterhouse area of Kingston and by the age of 8 was recording music. Growing up he became a very key ingredient, along with Tiger and singer Anthony Malvo on the highly touted Black Star Sound. His sense of humour and his ability to keep things fresh/new/topical […]
Dennis Brown – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: The late Dennis Brown was often referred to as ‘The Crown Prince of Reggae’. As a teenager Dennis made a BIG splash recording for Studio One. His work, though, with Winston Niney Holness is considered by many to be the type of Roots Anthems that remain virtually unparallelled. Staying power, talent to last…despite an […]
Buju Banton – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Buju Banton was born in Kingston in 1973 and, hot on the heals of Shabba Rank’s impactful success, Buju quickly became a spokesman for the Ghetto Youth. Rather average while learning his craft during his early teens on the smaller sound systems, by 1991 Banton began to really make his mark. The ‘voice of […]
Bunny Wailer – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Bunny Wailer, the only surviving member of the original [Wailing] Wailers is considered by many to have been the most spiritual of the vocal trio which also included Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. Born in 1947 and now recognized by many to be Reggae’s elder statesman…from Ska to Rude Boy, Rock Steady to Reggae, […]
Peter Tosh – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Peter [McIn] Tosh began releasing solo records well before he and Bunny Wailer decided to split from Bob Marley and the Wailers. The eldest of the original vocal trio, Peter was regarded by many as an angry rebel and his ongoing examination of his Black roots was an inspiration to a whole heap of […]
Bob Marley – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Bob Marley began his career in earnest back in the Ska era alongside Peter Tosh [Winston Hubert McIntosh] and Bunny Wailer [Neville Livingstone] as 1/3 of the highly skilled vocal group the [Wailing] Wailers. Toward the tail end of 1974, after 11 very successful years, Peter and Bunny left out to try it as […]
Derrick Morgan – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Derrick Morgan launched his career back in 1956 when he won a talent contest over the likes of Owen Grey, Jackie Edwards, Eric ‘Monty’ Morris and Hortense Ellis. He was 15. Derrick began recording back in the Boogie days. His first sizable success was the classic ‘Fatman’. Derrick’s association with his friend Prince Buster […]
Alton Ellis – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Alton Ellis first came to prominence as part of the Ska duo Alton and Eddie and then with Alton Ellis and the Flames. One of the premier stars of the Rock Steady and early Reggae eras, Alton was one of only a handful of Jamaica’s top singers to take a stand against the rude […]
The Melodians – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: The Melodians began to come into their own as a vocal phenominon just between the Ska and Rock Steady phases of Jamaica’s musical development. That was the Rude Boy era. But it was with Rock Steady and their association with Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle label that they really made their mark. Along with the […]
Black Uhuru – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Black Uhuru have been called the most dynamic and progressive Reggae act of the late 70s and early 80s. Their militancy, it seems, prevented them from reaching higher heights. Compromise was not a part of the group’s vocabulary. Whether with Don Carlos, Michael Rose, or Junior Reid handling lead vocals…Black Uhuru delivered the goods. […]