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MAURICE ROBERTS, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LEGENDARY GROUP THE GAYLADS, DIES AT 70!

August 16th, 2015 | Add a Comment

   Maurice Roberts (right) seen here with other members of The Gaylads, Randall Thaxter (lef) and BB Seaton.— MAURICE Roberts, a founding member of famed vocal trio The Gaylads, died on Friday at age 70. His daughter, Paula, said Roberts died at the University Hospital of the West Indies where he had been admitted the previous day. Along with Horace ‘Bibi’ Seaton and Winston ‘Delano’ Stewart, Roberts formed the classic Gaylads line-up which is recognised as one of Jamaican pop music’s great harmony groups. They thrived during the rocksteady era of the mid and late 1960’s, recording a number of hit songs for different producers, including Clement Dodd, Sonia Pottinger and Leslie Kong. Lady With the Red Dress, Joy in The Morning, Hard to Confess and Over the Rainbow were some of the trio’s popular songs. After … Read entire article »

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LUCIANO IS ADDED TO THE SIERRA NEVADA WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL, JUNE 19-21!

May 16th, 2015 | Add a Comment

   Luciano— ROOTS reggae singer Luciano is the latest Jamaican artist to be added to the 22nd annual Sierra Nevada World Music Festival set for June 19-21 at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville, California. According to the organisers, the ‘Messenjah’ has been included in the line-up as “his voice resonates like a divinely ordained instrument possessing the power to comfort souls from all walks of life”. The three-day festival is peppered with Jamaican acts who have long been staples on this North American summer festival. Among the reggae acts listed for the opening day of the festival are UK-based Steel Pulse, veteran deejay Yellowman, singer Admiral Tibet, the band Pentateuch and rising singer Hempress Sativa. The ‘big guns’ come out blazing on day two — June 20. The legendary Jimmy Cliff; reggae ambassadors Third World; veteran … Read entire article »

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AUSTRALIAN SINGER MISS TRACE, ROCKS WITH LEGENDARY SINGER/SONGWRITER B.B. SEATON!

October 19th, 2014 | Add a Comment

Miss Trace rocks steady with B.B. Seaton– AUSTRALIAN singer Miss Trace has found a new hero in rocksteady great B.B. Seaton. Last month, while in London for Seaton’s 70th birthday party, she recorded three songs — Image of Love, Something For You and Stand By Me — with him. The two first collaborated last November on the songs, World Needs Now and Born To Believe. Miss Trace spoke of how she met Seaton, a prolific singer/songwriter who led harmony group, The Gaylads, during the 1960s. “I met a gentleman online in 2009, Ras Obi, who is a Nigerian singer based in the UK. I fell in love with his tune Touch My Hand that had been recorded with BB Seaton,” she told the Sunday Observer. Seaton and Miss Trace met last year in London where Seaton … Read entire article »

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