Michael de Souza: the man behind Rastamouse
In 1994, Trinidad-born swimming instructor Michael de Souza gave up his job, working with the children of London’s elite, to spend...
Here’s to the great survivors of Caribbean Music
One of the saddest things involved in writing this column has been paying tribute to the great musicians who have left us over the years....
VP Records – a VIP label
A cursory glance at the slick website of VP Records gives little indication that reggae’s most successful online retailer, with an artist...
Jamaica loses Joel Chin
News of Joel Chin’s death came as a terrible shock, not only to his friends and family, but to the whole of the Jamaican music...
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....
CD Reviews – May/June 2011
Big Yard Presents Shaggy and Friends The Jamerican dancehall toaster, born Orville Richard Burrell, shoots and scores on this latest disc,...
Rock steady rules
Rock steady, the music that came after ska and before reggae, ruled Jamaica for much of the mid-Sixties. It was, by all accounts, a golden...
Book Reviews – January/February 2010
Realities of reggae David Katz Toronto’s Reggae Quarterly was one of the most impressive publications devoted to reggae during the 1980s....
