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THE UNSUNG: TENOR SAW STILL RINGING ON!

THE UNSUNG: TENOR SAW STILL RINGING ON!

By Howard Campbell—- !n commemoration of Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence from Britain, the Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment section recognises 50 persons who made significant, yet unheralded, contributions to the country’s culture. This week we feature… TENOR SAW IN an arena where copycats roam aplenty, Tenor Saw was one of dancehall’s originals. The distinctive yodel, which made songs like Pumpkin Belly and Ring The Alarm dancehall standards, emerged in the early 1980s with the dawn of reggae’s computer age. Tenor Saw … Read entire article »

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