Topic Tag: Byron Lee

Culture, Music, People, Jamaica

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....

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Culture, Music, People, Jamaica

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...

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Culture, Music, People, Jamaica

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...

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Culture, Music, People, Jamaica

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...

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