Big Youth – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Big Youth was a DJ who really had a handle on how to add his Roots commentaries to the hot rhythms and songs of the early 1970s. The top DJ of Lord Tippertone’s ‘sound’, Big Youth used the Bible as a source for lyrics rather than just using simple ‘catch-phrases’. Big Youth ruled the […]
Ken Boothe – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Ken Boothe began his distinguished career by singing and looking for guidance from the Back-a-Wall crew in Kingston. Friday nights saw young hopefuls going at it in an informal competition. Ken cut his teeth…musically speaking… alongside people like Bob Marley, Slim Smith, Stanger Cole, Roy Shirley and the Melodians. Boothe began recording as half […]
Horace Andy – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Horace Andy…or Horace Hinds, as his family named him…was born in Kingston in 1951. His unique falsetto vocal style influenced alot of singers who followed in his wake. A true original, Horace Andy’s vocal technique was put to good use by many a producer and whenever their greatest works are mentioned so is Horace’s […]
Garnett Silk – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Garnett Silk, along with fellow artists Tony Rebel, Admiral Tibet and Yami Bolo, helped to re-inject Roots and consciousness back into the Jamaican Dancehall secene in the early 90s. It was a time when ‘slackness’ threatened to render the Dancehall almost devoid of meaninful substance. Born near Mandeville in 1970, Garnett Silk began […]
Culture – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Culture…featuring Joseph Hill…has been another of Jamaica’s international Reggae exports to succeed in a meaningful way. With a sound not unlike that of Burning Spear Culture’s Roots music, spiced with a whole heap of soul, has kept them in the spotlight for over a quarter of a century. And their fan base, seemingly, continues […]
Burning Spear – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Winston Rodney was born in St. Anne’s Bay back in 1948. As Burning Spear…a name he took from Kenya Independane leader Jomo Kenyatta…he began recording in 1969. Marcus Garvey, the repatriation of Africa, and the oppression of the Black race were, and are, the subjects that Burning Spear sings about. Uncompromising Roots music and […]
Judy Mowatt – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Just like Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt performed for the world as a member of Bob Marley’s backing vocal trio…the I 3s. And also, just like Marcia, Judy recorded some sensational solo albums during those years. Although not as prolific, her Roots music and Gospel flavoured recordings established Judy as a talent in her own […]
Marcia Griffiths – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Marcia Griffiths was, is, and will be for some time to come…Jamaica’s number 1 female vocalist. A major star during the Rock Steady era, her duets with Bob Andy are legendary. But it was Reggae that really paved the way for Marcia to become a superstar. A member of the I 3s, Marcia, Judy […]
John Holt – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: John Holt’s career began in a big way with the Rock Steady group the Paragons. When he ‘took it’ solo at the dawn of the Reggae era his star continued to shine…and it still does. Jumping back and forth between Treasure Isle and Studio One, Holt recorded nothing but quality hits. He was just […]
Delroy Wilson – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: A huge star from his early teens, Delroy Wilson took his popularity from the Rock Steady era to even greater heights with Reggae. Starting primarily singing at concerts at Boy’s Town School, Delroy used to have to stand up on a ‘Red Stripe’ beer box in order that he might actually reach the microphone. […]