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BUNNY WAILER THE REGGAE WARRIOR, SPEAKS AGAIN!

Bunny Wailer says he is a survivor and the last keeper of the reggae flame, and he has little time for record companies, legal issues or stars such as Snoop Dogg Survivor: Bunny Wailer formed The Wailers in Kingston, Jamaica with his friends Bob Marley and Peter Tosh By Jim Carroll— There are certain things which get Bunny Wailer very angry, but we’ll come to them in a bit. Let’s start with the history lesson, one the man himself brandishes with great and warranted pride.Neville O’Riley Livingston is the last of the original tribe of men and women that emerged in Kingston in the early 1960s as The Wailers who is still making music. The others are either dead (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite, Cherry Smith) or are seemingly retired (Beverley Kelso), but Wailer continues … Read entire article »

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REGGAE HISTORY IS BLACK HISTORY: REMEMBERING JOE HIGGS AND ROY WILSON!

REGGAE HISTORY IS BLACK HISTORY: REMEMBERING JOE HIGGS AND ROY WILSON!

Reggae history is black history, is my history, is rastafari history. Remembering two of Jamaica’s trench town musical greats at this 2013. Joe Higgs and Roy Wilson.. By RAS CARDO REGGAE FROM TRENCH-TOWN JAMAICA I have been telling the world and sharing much about our trench town unsung heroes for years. I have written about some of us which has made it possible for others to verify the truth in what I have told them. In 1993 I … Read entire article »

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UNSUNG: VERE JOHNS ONE OF JAMAICAN MUSIC’S TRUEST HEROES!

UNSUNG: VERE JOHNS ONE OF JAMAICAN MUSIC’S TRUEST HEROES!

Vere Johns   The name Vere Johns may mean very little to many though, quite ironically, it is a name that carries a lot of weight in terms of its relation to Jamaican music in its embryonic stages. It is quite reasonable to assume that without Johns’ contribution, Jamaica’s popular music might never have attained the heights it has today. The most unsung and underrated hero in Jamaican music, Johns single-handedly unearthed and exposed many aspiring artistes through the very famous … Read entire article »

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THE “TRUE BEGINNINGS” OF REGGAE MUSIC

THE “TRUE BEGINNINGS” OF REGGAE MUSIC

Published: Sunday | January 15, 2012 By Roy Black – /////   The name reggae has come to be accepted by many as the generic name for all Jamaican popular music since about 1960. But to those of us who lived with the music and understand the changes it went through will know that reggae is only one of several types of Jamaican music. It is different from ska, rocksteady and dancehall, and occupies a specific period which began in late 1967. Jamaican popular … Read entire article »

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