Culture, Music, People, Jamaica
By David Katz ● Issue 96 (March/April 2009)
Byron Lee: from Ska to Soca
Undoubtedly one of the most important figures in the history of the Jamaican music industry, Byron Lee was also a giant of the soca world....
Culture, Music, People, Jamaica
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 96 (March/April 2009)
Exit the dragon: remembering Byron Lee
When I first heard that Byron Lee had left us, the memories came flooding back. And while I was deeply saddened by the passing of a man...
Culture, Music, People, Jamaica
By Pat Ganase ● Issue 30 (March/April 1998)
Byron Lee: Soca Dragon
There’s a body on the bare wooden stage. The open-air “dancehall” is by the sea on the north-western peninsula of Trinidad. It is...
Culture, Music, People, Jamaica
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 62 (July/August 2003)
Riddem & Rhyme: Byron Lee
It was a bitterly cold, blustery night in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which happens to be my home town, and also happens to be one of the coldest...