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FEMALE ROCKSTEADY SINGERS IMPACTED A MALE-DOMINATED ERA!

FEMALE ROCKSTEADY SINGERS IMPACTED A MALE-DOMINATED ERA!

  Marcia Griffiths—- Any attempt to compile a top-10 listing of the best female rocksteady vocalists, could prove a very interesting, but challenging exercise. In a two-year blitz that spawned the year 1967 and most of 1968, the rocksteady beat, from which reggae emerged, dominated the Jamaican popular music scene and was almost exclusively dominated by male artists like Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, John Holt, Delroy Wilson, Slim Smith, Bob Andy and others. Also in the mix were … Read entire article »

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SOUTH FLORIDA-BORN REGGAE SINGER SASHA DIAS, PUTS HER SPIN ON A CLASSIC!

 Sasha Dias puts spin on classic— IT has been just over one year since Sasha Dias released her first album, Break Free. The South Florida-born singer is working on her second set which includes a familiar song. Dias, 24, covers The Love That a Woman Should Give to a Man, a hit for rocksteady queen Phyllis Dillon in 1969. The song was originally done by American soul singer Patti Drew, which Dias recently found out. “I was familiar with the Phyllis Dillon version and when I was about to record it, I did some research and discovered the original by Patti Drew,” she told Splash. Dias was encouraged to cover The Love That a Woman Should Give to a Man by Lindel Thompson who produced Break Free. That set included her take on Power of … 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!

“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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THE UNCREDITED HOPETON LEWIS!

THE UNCREDITED HOPETON LEWIS!

Did You Know? By Marlon ////// Did you know that The Techniques 1968 hit “There Comes A Time” was not actually sung by The Techniques? The song was written by Hopeton Lewis and Pat Kelly at Treasure Isle studio. The duo then recorded the song for legendary producer Duke Reid. Because The Techniques were having one of their many “break up moments”, and were not recording at the time – Hopeton Lewis was under contract with Federal Records … Read entire article »

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