Take ten (part 1): the greatest reggae singers of all time
I love lists — stuff like the ten best this, or the twenty worst that — largely because they’re virtually guaranteed to ignite...
The next generation of Marleys
It seems like just the other day that I first heard reports out of Jamaica about a sensational new reggae album called Catch a Fire, by a...
Reviews – July/August 2011
Solitaire setting for a jewel of T&T The Solitary Alchemist is a heavily re-edited version of a documentary portrait of the Trinidadian...
Farewell to Fatis Burrell
The death of Fatis Burrell has dealt another blow to Jamaican music. He died on December 3, at 57, after a stroke, and leaves a void in the...
Jamming with Bob in reggae Heaven
Millions of words will have been written – and justifiably so – marking the 30th anniversary of the passing of Robert Nesta Marley....
Reviews (March/April 2010)
BOOK REVIEWS Half the story’s never been told David Katz A mixed-race child born into poverty in colonial Jamaica, Bob Marley...
Upbeat (September/October 1997)
The Best of Johnny King (King Charles Productions) It took a while, but finally calypsonian Johnny King found the time to release his...
Upbeat
CHRISTMAS Wrap It Up Panazz (BBLN 1999) If the title of Panazz Players’ latest CD seems unsubtle (wrap this CD up and give it as a gift...
