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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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TOOTS HIBBERT TALKS ABOUT HIATUS AND THE MAYTALS U.S. TOUR, IN HIS FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE ONSTAGE ATTACK!
By Patricia Meschino— Toots Hibbert Veteran Jamaican singer Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, lead singer of Toots and the Maytals, whose six-decade career was halted in 2013 following an injury at a Virginia music festival, begins his much anticipated return tour of the U.S. on June 15 at Observatory North Park in San Diego, Calif. While performing at Richmond’s Dominion Riverrock Outdoor Sports and Music Festival on May 18, 2013, Hibbert was hit in the head by an empty glass vodka bottle thrown by a drunken audience member, suffering lacerations to his forehead. The following day Hibbert launched an acoustic tour supporting his Grammy nominated Reggae Got Soul Unplugged on Strawberry Hill (Metropolis) at Long Island’s Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. Two days later, following a series of medical evaluations, he was advised to cancel the … Read entire article »
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THE STUDIO ONE LABEL LAUNCHES ITS REISSUE SERIES WITH THE WAILERS’ DEBUT ALBUM!
By Benjamin Boles— Clement “Coxsone” Dodd’s Studio One label had an enormous impact on reggae, ska, dub, rocksteady, and dancehall, and helped launch the careers of artists including Bob Marley, The Maytals, The Skatalites, and more. Original copies of many of their releases go for big money on Discogs, but soon you’ll be able to buy new re-pressings of many of the label’s classics, as Yep Roc Music Group has partnered with Dodd’s daughter Carol on a series of reissues. The first release will be the Wailers’ 1965 debut album The Wailing Wailers, including the original ska version of “One Love,” which Bob Marley later re-recorded for his 1977 album Exodus. They’ll be following that up with Money Maker, one of the rarest records in the Studio One back catalogue, featuring songs from The … Read entire article »
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“BLUE BEAT” BROUGHT JAMAICAN MUSIC TO THE SHORES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM!
Prince Buster— To the highly incognisant music lover, the term ‘Blue Beat’ is limited to being just a synonym for ‘ska’ – a type of popular music that is fast, with a strong off-beat that entered Jamaican music around the time of Independence. It was much more than that: The term ‘Blue Beat’ became very popular, especially in the United Kingdom (UK), following a mass migration of Jamaican recording artists to those shores in the early 1960s, triggered by the prospects of greater financial rewards. It resulted in a massive proliferation of Jamaican music in the United Kingdom. Included in the first Jamaican musical brain drain of the 1960s, were Wilfred ‘Jackie’ Edwards, Laurel Aitken, Owen Gray, trombonist Rico Rodriguez, Kentrist Fagan (better known as Girl Satchmo), and the lollipop girl, Millie Small. EARLY PIONEERS The move was indeed the first … Read entire article »
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“TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS” TO HONOR BEVERLEY’S RECORDS FOUNDER LESLIE KONG, JULY 27 IN KINGSTON!
By Howard Campbell— Leslie Kong—- The 17th staging of Tribute To The Greats takes place July 27 at the Chinese Benevolent Association in St Andrew. Dubbed ‘The Chinese Connection’, it salutes the contribution of the Chinese to Jamaica’s popular music. Today, the Sunday Observer starts a six-part series on some of the recipients. When Leslie Kong died in August 1971, he was arguably the most successful Jamaican music producer in terms of overseas impact. Kong died suddenly of an heart attack at age 38. He was at his peak as a producer, having released a number of hit songs by Derrick Morgan, Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker and the Aces and The Maytals through his Beverley’s Records. History will probably remember Kong best as the person who produced Judge Not, a 1962 song by a teenaged … Read entire article »
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THE 2014 JAMAICA FESTIVAL SONG FINALISTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED!
Abbygaye Dallas winner of the 2012 festival song competition—-. TEN finalists have been selected for this year’s Festival Song Competition. David Reid, the contest’s co-ordinator, says the songs have been recorded and are being prepared for radio rotation. The finalists are: Pehtrol (Mi Likkle Paradise) Bono G (Island in The Sun) Bastic (Sweet Sweet Jamaica) Sanj and CG Smart (Jamaica Boom!)Deep JAHI (I Love JA) Kahni (My Jamaica) Clearance (Jamaica Nice) Oliver Smoothe (Jamaica Irie) Rasta Keekee (Little But We Tallawah) Rojjah (We Produce) Prior to the final … Read entire article »
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THE LEGENDARY ERNEST RANGLIN AT AGE 82,TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM “BLESS UP!”
‘Roots of Reggae -The Ernie Ranglin Story’ will also show at the festival. Ernie Ranglin will help honor Charles Hyatt on Monday.- Claudine HousenStaff Photographer—- By Shereita Grizzle— At 82 years of age, legendary ska and reggae guitarist Ernest Ranglin is set to release a new album in May. The album, titled Bless Up, was done in association with Avila Street Records and will be the first album from Ranglin since 2012. The new album has 11 new compositions which fuse ska, … Read entire article »
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HAS REGGAE LOST ITS SOUL?
Burning Spear—- By Deon Brown—- New York: In the Caribbean and around the world, Jamaican music continues to be celebrated for its sound and its sweetness, and the principled activist spirit of reggae. But even as the appeal of reggae is being acknowledged, there is some quiet soul-searching taking place with serious reggae lovers asking, has reggae lost its spirit? The music’s global impact is not in question. What is in doubt is its mission and message. “Reggae got soul,” Toots Hibbert sang … Read entire article »
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40 YEARS OF THE HARDER THEY COME – THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE AGES!
By Howard Campbell—– This month marks 40 years since the release of Perry Henzell’s sensational movie The Harder They Come which helped introduce Jamaican pop culture to the world. This week, the Jamaica Observer presents a series of stories on the film’s impact and persons who were involved with it. LONG before Hollywood decided that blockbuster films should be complemented by soundtracks, The Harder They Come showed music’s importance in promoting a movie. Jimmy Cliff plays the role … Read entire article »
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TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS 2012 – TO HONOR MUSIC LUMINARY RONNIE NASRALLA!
By Howard Campbell—– FOR over 30 years, Ronnie Nasralla was one of the movers and shakers in Jamaica’s music industry. On July 28, he will be honoured for his contribution as artiste manager and music producer at the annual Tribute To The Greats show at Curphey Place in St Andrew. Speaking to the Jamaica Observer from his home in Atlanta, Georgia, the 81-year-old Nasralla described the award as a “great thing”. He believes it is overdue. NASRALLA… played … Read entire article »
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