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SONGSTRESS KAREN SMITH IS EXCITED AND OPTIMISTIC FOR HER NEW ALBUM “RUSH!”

SONGSTRESS KAREN SMITH IS EXCITED AND OPTIMISTIC FOR HER NEW ALBUM “RUSH!”

By Janet Silvera Karen Smith—- Veteran producer, Willie Lindo combined Karen Smith’s personality and her vocal styling and the result, he said, inspired Rush, the title to the songstress’ new album. Launched officially three weeks ago at the St Hugh’s High School’s ‘Swansation’ in South Florida, Lindo, who described Smith as an excellent singer, said her personality shines through her music. This, he said, radiated several nights in the studio he spent recording the artist who has earned the reputation … Read entire article »

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THE MAKING OF THE CLASSIC “PRESSURE DROP” AS TOLD BY TOOTS HIBBERT!

‘When I got out of jail, I had a sense of injustice. This is a song about revenge: if you do bad things to innocent people, bad things will happen to you’ Credited with coining the term reggae … Toots in 1976. Photograph: Echoes/Redferns Interviews by Dave Simpson—-  Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert, singer-songwriter After independence in 1962, Jamaica had a new energy. Music started springing up all over the island. People told me I had a good voice, so after leaving school I practised in church, made my own guitar, then started doing gospel, ska and rocksteady. I came up with the name Maytals and worked with hot producers, such as Coxsone Dodd and Prince Buster. Then I was suddenly arrested and thrown in jail for a year. I don’t like to talk about it – it … Read entire article »

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