Jamaica was colonised by Spain ... become lawless with ‘Rude Boys’ gangsters terrorising locals. Music mirrored this and Rocksteady, a slower paced sound, grew in popularity.
David Muir, a director and co-founder of Island SPACE Caribbean Museum, described Reggae Genealogy as a “very successful event”. He said, with South Florida being home to one of the largest Jamaican ...
A live music festival in Broward County will celebrate Jamaican music’s rich legacy, its impact on various genres around the ...
The history of Jamaican pop music will be told in a novel way during ... The Original Maytals Band representing rocksteady; reggae singers Ernie Smith, Wayne Armond, and Ambelique; dancehall ...
Bob Marley, a musical icon, elevated reggae music from a Jamaican sound to a global phenomenon. Many years […] ...
My music is somewhere between ska, rocksteady and lovers rock and I even ... was asked to record her first single Love My Life for Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation DJ Jerry Lewis.
(2/6/45), reggae legend and all-around world music ambassador Bob Marley was born. The pioneer of rock, reggae,, ska and ...
and a retrospective music set that takes fans through various Jamaican music genres like ska, mento, Nyabinghi and rocksteady. The star-studded lineup includes prominent Jamaican DJ and MC Walshy ...