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REGGAE’S INFLUENTIAL FORERUNNER, ROCK STEADY, CELEBRATES ITS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY!

REGGAE’S INFLUENTIAL FORERUNNER, ROCK STEADY, CELEBRATES ITS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY!

By Patricia Meschino—- When veteran Jamaican singer Leroy Sibbles took the stage at the St. Kitts Music Festival, the audience drew closer to savor his smooth delivery of vintage hits including “Fattie Fattie,” “Party Time” and “Why Did You Leave?” Sibbles, former lead vocalist of the legendary The Heptones (formed in the 60’s with the late Barry Llewellyn and Earl Morgan) was featured on the festival’s Friday Reggae Night, but the classics he performed don’t quite … Read entire article »

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UNDOCUMENTED EVIDENCE LEADS TO MANY CLAIMING TO BE ROCK STEADY’S FIRST!

By Roy Black—- Hopeton Lewis—  BY LATE 1965, the ska beat, which had dominated Jamaican popular music since late 1961, and which was highlighted in last week’s article, was giving way to a smoother, slower, and more rhythmic form of music, which by year-end 1966, would become known as rock steady. The stage was being set for a plethora of such songs that would transform the Jamaican musical landscape forever. All of a sudden, there was a rhythmic shift in the focus of recordings from the fast horns-dominated songs to more emphasis being placed on the bass and the drum. This feature, which has remained a major ingredient of Jamaican popular music, lasting into the dancehall era, has helped tremendously in bringing to the fore several vocalists, some of whom found the frantic pace of … Read entire article »

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