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. […]
Bob Andy – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Bob Andy was one of the Rock Steady/early Reggae era’s GREAT song writers. His melodies were both beautiful and memorable. His lyrics…relatable and poignant. Andy wrote and recorded art. A founding member of the Paragons Bob [who’s real name is Keith Anderson] realized international success while recording duets with Marcia Griffiths who also turned […]
Barrington Levy – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Barrington Levy was one of a handful of singers who could compete with the DJs in terms of popularity in the Jamaican Dancehall of the late 70s – early 80s. Born in 1964, Levy hailed from Kingston and got his start with the group the Mighty Multitudes. As a solo artist he would become […]
Yellowman – 1 Minute Jamaican Music Biography
RawHTML: Yellowman was and is an oddity. At the height of his popularity in the early 80s he was at least as big as Bob Marley in Jamaica. Born Winston Foster, Yellowman came into this world back in 1959 in Kingston. An orphaned albino, Yellow’s formative years included time at the famous Alpha Boys School […]