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A CELEBRATION FOR CYNTHIA SCHLOSS!
Top: Pam Hall Bottom: Cynthia Schloss ‘Love Forever’, a celebration of singer Cynthia Schloss’s music, takes place at the Alibi in St Andrew Wednesday evening. Several performers — backed by the Pon Fire Band — will do renditions of her most popular songs. Pam Hall, Nina Karl and Errol Dean are among the artists billed for the show which is being promoted by disc jockey Michael Thompson. “She was awesome, truly a songbird,” said Thompson, who first met Schloss in the … Read entire article »
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ENTERTAINERS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO WINSTON “MERRITONE” BLAKE IN KINGSTON!
Winston ‘Merritone’ Blake— A number of entertainers will pay tribute to Winston ‘Merritone’ Blake at Jacob’s Place in Kings Plaza, St Andrew, tomorrow. Blake, a musicologist and ‘elder’ of the sound system movement, died on February 27 at the University Hospital of the West Indies. He was 75. “It’s going to be an open-mike affair for anyone who would like to make a musical contribution to Winston Blake,” Mike Whitelock, operator of Jacob’s Place Lounge and Restaurant, told the Jamaica Observer. Among the performers will be singer Mikey ‘Silky’ Schloss, Blake’s brother-in-law. He is the brother of Blake’s wife Cynthia Schloss who died in 1999. Blake and his brothers Trevor, Tyrone and Monty, operated the Merritone sound system for 60 years.Their father Val, started the ‘sound’ in their native St Thomas in 1950. — By Basil … Read entire article »
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“WHAT ONE DANCE CAN DO” DID FOR BERES HAMMOND THIRTY YEARS AGO!
By Howard Campbell— Beres Hammond— SINCE recording the Soul Reggae album in 1978, singer Beres Hammond had settled into a groove as Jamaica’s premier R&B artist. A reggae hit song, however, eluded him. That all changed 30 years ago, thanks to an uptempo track named What One Dance Can Do. Written and produced by Willie Lindo, What One Dance Can Do finally broke Hammond in the dancehall/reggae market. He has been one of the genre’s top acts since. Lindo now operates the Heavy Beat label and studio in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He told the Sunday Observer that he had the rhythm track for the song laying around for some time. “It was really written for Cynthia Schloss who I was doing an album with but it never made the album. One day I was listening to it … Read entire article »
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JAMAICAN FEMALE SINGERS ENJOYING MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF MUSICAL SUCCESS!
Marcia Griffiths may easily have been the artist who benefit most from Bob Andy’s writing. He, not only wrote songs for her at the beginning of her career, but literally taught them to her line by line. Beginning as a nine-year-old on a 1964 Easter morning concert at the Carib Theatre in Cross Roads, the songs became the foundation on which Griffith built an illustrious career, which has spanned 50 years. Griffiths abundance of hits and her ability to remain current and consistent over 50 years, has no doubt earned for her the title, ‘The Queens of Reggae’. Her earliest hits, written by Andy and produced by Studio One monarch, Clement Dodd, included, Tell Me Now, Truly, Mark My Word, Melody Life, and the first of the batch, Feel Like Jumping, which came at the turn of the rocksteady-reggae transition of 1967-1968. Feel Like … Read entire article »
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“WOMAN POWER” FUELS JAMAICAN MUSIC!
As we observed International Women’s day on Friday, under the theme ‘The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum’, we were reminded of the contribution female vocalists have made to the early development of Jamaica’s popular music. Their contribution, in helping to shape the island’s music, and the inspiration they have provided for future generations of female vocalists, is many times underestimated. When it is realised that they were operating in a male-dominated field, their success becomes even more remarkable. Perhaps … Read entire article »
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