Entries tagged with "The Skatalites"

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DOCUMENTARY RECALLS THE “LEGENDS OF SKA!”

July 8th, 2015 | Add a Comment

Filmmaker Brad Klein (left) speaking with veteran deejay Stranger Cole (center) and Herbie Miller, director/curator of Jamaica Music Museum, on Monday. Klein donated a cache of digital tapes to the museum in downtown Kingston—. BRAD Klein loves to describe himself as a ‘student of ska, a student of reggae’. Some of what he has learned over the years is in Legends of Ska, a documentary he produced. The 101-minute film will be shown this afternoon at the Kingston offices of Jamaica Promotions (JAMPRO) as part of the Jamaica Film Festival. “Hopefully, it’s finally going to be released this year. I’m hoping to turn people on to the early times of Jamaican music,” said Klein, 51. “Dancehall is great music and I do like some of the new stuff, but I have a fondness … Read entire article »

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THE JAMAICA CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (JCDC) IS PLANNING A “SKA REBIRTH” FOR AUGUST!

June 21st, 2014 | Add a Comment

By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston— Dahlia Harris, director of culture in the Ministry of Youth and Culture—– THE Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is adding a new event to its calendar this year. The event, Heart of Ska Festival, is slated for the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in St Andrew on Saturday, August 12. According to Dahlia Harris, director of culture in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, the festival’s main objective is to reposition Jamaica as the home of ska music, which has become increasingly popular in Europe and USA. “We have lost widespread engagement with the form here in Jamaica. The festival’s name, Heart of Ska, speaks to the genesis of the genre, rooted not just in the musical form, but in fashion, movement and discourse. Ska is a way of life and we felt … Read entire article »

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REGGAE – THE JEWEL OF JAMAICA’S INDEPENDENCE!

July 31st, 2012 | Add a Comment

By Gordon Robinson—- Since 1962, Jamaica’s Independence has shone through music. Jamaica created three original music beats. Reggae is the most famous, but before reggae came ska and rocksteady. It’s a widespread myth that ska evolved from mento. Actually, ska and all that followed came from our embryonic attempts to copy imported music to fuel 1950s sound systems’ fierce rivalry. The thirst for ‘exclusive’ popular music drove our fledgling industry. At first, records were imported and labels erased to … Read entire article »

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SKATALITES LLOYD BREVETT LAID TO REST – WHILE HIS FINANCIAL ESTATE REMAINS UNSETTLED!

June 6th, 2012 | Add a Comment

Brevett and wife Ruth By Patricia Meschino, Kingston—- A series of events commemorating the late Lloyd Brevett, upright bassist and cofounder of seminal Jamaican ska group The Skatalites, were held in Jamaica on Sunday June 3. A church service at Kingston’s Mona Chapel was followed by a public procession from Studio One, the recording studio/record label founded by the late producer Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd for whom The Skatalites recorded some of their biggest hits, to the … Read entire article »

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