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Errol Holt
Errol Holt (born 19 July 1950), also known as Errol Carter and by his nickname Flabba, is a Jamaican bass guitar player and a singer who was a member of The Morwells and the Roots Radics and has played on hundreds of Jamaican albums. Biography Holt's career began in the early 1970s when he worked as a session musician backing artists including Don Carlos and Prince Far I.Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, , p.140-141 He also had a sound system hit in his own name with "A You Lick Me First" in 1976.Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p.124 In 1976 he joined The Morwells, and later formed (along with guitarist Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont) the Roots Radics Band, with whom he recorded the backing music for myriad reggae singers and vocal groups in the late 1970s and 80s. In the 1990s he recorded with Israel Vibration, Mikey Dread, Sugar Minott, Muta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nkululeko Habedi
Nkululeko Habedi (17 October 1977 – 9 March 2015), professionally known as Flabba, was a South African hip-hop musician. He was a member of the South African hip-hop collective Skwatta Kamp. Early life and career He was born in Orlando West in Soweto. He later moved to live in Alexandra with his parents. He was part of the seven piece rap group Skwatta Kamp, a name derived from Squatter Camp, due to South Africa's Shanty Towns (members: Infa, Nish, Shugasmakx, Flabba, Nemza, Slikour, Bozza) which released four albums between the years 2002 and 2009. "Khut and Joyn" was released in 2002 followed by "Mkhukhu Funkshen" in 2003 and "Washumkhukhu" in 2004 after which the group took a break from the music industry to focus on their solo careers and returned in 2009 for their last album "Fair and Skwear". During the gap between the third and fourth album Flabba released his solo album "Nkuli vs. Flabba" which won an award for "Best Rap Album" in 2007 at the 13th annual South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Vibration
Israel Vibration are a reggae harmony group, originating from Kingston, Jamaica. Lascelle "Wiss" Bulgin, Albert "Apple Gabriel" Craig, and Cecil "Skelly" Spence all suffered from childhood polio, and went on to be a Jamaican roots reggae group in the 1970s. The trio initially met as children at a rehabilitation center. History Bulgin (born 1955), Craig (1955–2020), and Spence (born 1952–2022) first met as children at the Mona Rehabilitation Clinic, all sufferers of polio in the epidemic that spread through Jamaica in the 1950s. Several years later they formed Israel Vibration.Thompson, Dave (2002) ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 133-135Brown, Joe (1991)Reggae Culture Has Vibrations, ''The Washington Post'', 8 February 1991Block, Melissa & Siegel, Robert (2004)Interview: Gary Himmelfarb discusses a reggae adaptation of some of Bob Dylan's songs, NPR, 27 August 2004, Craig attended the Alpha Boys School but ran away at the age of fourteen, living on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Ending (album)
''Never Ending'' is reggae artist Beres Hammond's nineteenth studio album, released on October 12, 2018. It debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Reggae chart. The 14-track album was recorded in Kingston, Jamaica. Background Themes on the album include love, overcoming obstacles and celebrating life. ''Never Ending'' includes a love song about Jamaica called "Land of Sunshine." The lead single, "I'm Alive", is a 21st-century 'roots' track with Hammond singing praises for life's simple and essential joys. "My Kinda Girl" is an example of modern lovers rock – a sub genre of reggae for which the artist is known. Hammond is known to be in the studio three or four times a week when he is in Jamaica. He records songs based on events that happen naturally in life. He is known to visit people - whom he does not know – but who enjoy sharing stories about their lives with him. He internalizes those experiences and records them in song. The visual for the "Never Ending" m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica Observer
''Jamaica Observer'' is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. The publication is owned by Butch Stewart, who chartered the paper in January 1993 as a competitor to Jamaica's oldest daily paper, ''The Gleaner ''The Gleaner'' is an English-language, morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers, Jacob and Joshua de Cordova on 13 September 1834 in Kingston, Jamaica. Originally called the ''Daily Gleaner'', the name was changed on 7 December 1992 to ...''. Its founding editor is Desmond Allen who is its executive editor – operations. At the time, it became Jamaica's fourth national newspaper. History ''Jamaica Observer'' began as a weekly newspaper in March 1993, and in December 1994 it began daily publication. The paper moved to larger facilities as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations in 2004. References External linksThe Jamaica Observer Daily newspapers published in Jamaica Publications established in 1993 {{jamaica-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Nurse (album)
''Night Nurse'' is a 1982 studio album by Gregory Isaacs. ''Night Nurse'' is reggae artist Gregory Isaacs' most well-known album. It contains his biggest hit, " Night Nurse" as well as several other notable tracks. Backing came from the Roots Radics, with additional synthesizer added by Wally Badarou. The album was released on vinyl and cassette, then later in 1990 on compact disc. It reached No. 32 on the UK Albums Chart. A reissue released in 2002 includes four additional bonus tracks. Track listing All tracks composed by Gregory Isaacs and Sylvester Weise. # " Night Nurse" – 4:04 # "Stranger in Town" – 3:32 # "Objection Overruled" – 3:56 # "Hot Stepper" – 4:29 # "Cool Down the Pace" – 5:16 # "Material Man" – 3:34 # "Not the Way" – 3:49 # "Sad to Know (You're Leaving)" – 4:12 Bonus tracks on CD 2002 reissue # "Cool Down the Dub" # "Night Nurse Dub 2" # "Cool Down the Pace" - (10" mix) # "Unhappy Departure Dub" #" No Good Girl" - (10" mix) Personnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Isaacs
Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD (15 July 1951 – 25 October 2010)Thompson, p. 127. was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in ''The New York Times'', described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".Miles, Milo (1992),RECORDINGS VIEW; Gregory Isaacs, the Ruler of Reggae" ''The New York Times'', 2 February 1992.Kiviat, Steve (1996),Gregory Isaacs, ''Washington City Paper'', 6 – 12 December 1996 (Vol. 16, No. 49). Early career In his teenage years, Isaacs became a veteran of the talent contests that regularly took place in Jamaica. In 1968, he made his recording debut as Winston Sinclair, with the single "Another Heartache", recorded for producer Byron Lee. The single sold poorly and Isaacs went on to team up with Errol Dunkley to start the African Museum record label and shop, and soon had a hit with "My Only Lover", credited as the first lovers rock record ever made. He recorded for other producers to finance further African Museum recordings, having a str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beres Hammond
Beres Hammond OJ (born Hugh Beresford Hammond; 28 August 1955, in Annotto Bay, Saint Mary, Jamaica)Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, , p. 128-9Huey, Steve " Beres Hammond Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2 February 2010 is a Jamaican reggae singer known in particular for his lovers rock music. While his career began in the 1970s, he reached his greatest success in the 1990s. Biography Born the ninth of ten children, Hammond grew up listening to his father's collection of American soul and jazz music including Sam Cooke and Otis Redding. He was further influenced by the native music of ska and rocksteady, in particular Alton Ellis. Hammond began participating in local talent contests from 1972 to 1973, which led to his first recording, of Ellis' "Wanderer". In 1975 he joined the band, Zap Pow, as lead singer,Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delroy Wilson
Delroy George Wilson CD (5 October 1948 – 6 March 1995) Greene, Jo-Ann, " Delroy Wilson Biography, allmusic.com, Macrovision Corporation was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer. Wilson is often regarded as Jamaica's first child star, having first found success as a teenager. His youngest son, Karl "Konan" Wilson, has found success as part of British duo Krept and Konan. Biography Delroy Wilson began his recording career at the age of thirteen, while still a pupil at Boys Town Primary School.Wilson Finally Gets His Due – Posthumous National Honour To Follow 65th Anniversary , '''', 6 October 2013. Ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Brown
Dennis Emmanuel Brown CD (1 February 1957 – 1 July 1999) was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a subgenre of reggae. Bob Marley cited Brown as his favourite singer, dubbing him "The Crown Prince of Reggae", and Brown would prove influential on future generations of reggae singers.Thompson (2002), p. 43.Adebayo (1999). Biography Early life and career Dennis Brown was born on 1 February 1957 at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica.Reel (2000), p. 9. His father Arthur was a scriptwriter, actor, and journalist, and he grew up in a large tenement yard between North Street and King Street in Kingston with his parents, three elder brothers and a sister, although his mother died in the 1960s.Simmonds (2008), p. 416. He began his singing career at the age of nine, while still at junior school, with an end-of-term con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jah Stitch
Jah Stitch (born Melbourne James, 27 July 1949 – 28 April 2019) was a reggae deejay best known for his recordings in the 1970s. Biography After an introduction to music singing in a yard with the likes of The Wailers, The Heptones, Roy Shirley, and Stranger Cole, James became well known in Jamaica by deejaying with the ''Lord Tippertone'' and ''Black Harmony'' sound systems, working as Jah Stitch.Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, His debut single was the Errol Holt-produced "Danger Zone". Big Youth was an early influence on Stitch's deejay style and he had several hits working with producer Bunny Lee, with deejay versions of songs by Johnny Clarke, as well as tracks such as "African Queen" with Yabby You. Shortly before the ''One Love Peace Concert'' in 1976, Stitch survived being shot, providing the inspiration for "No Dread Can't Dead". His success in Jamaica continued and in 1977 he toured the United Kingdom. In the mid-1980s, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yami Bolo
Rolando Ephraim McLean (born 1 October 1970), better known as Yami Bolo, is a Jamaican reggae singer. Biography Yami Bolo grew up in postal zone 13 of Kingston. His first professional job and exposure was with Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion Crew. His first singles were released in 1986, produced by Minott, and he had his greatest success working with Augustus Pablo in the late 1980s and early 1990s, on singles such as "Struggle in Babylon". In 1994, Bolo earned international acclaim from his collaboration with Japanese reggae performer, Kazafumi Mizayawa (Miya). Their ''Love Is Dangerous'' album sold 500,000 units in Japan. In addition, the duo's "Miya-Yami Project" earned the Japanese "Best Music Video '94" title. He contributed to Damian Marley's 2001 Grammy Award winning album ''Halfway Tree'' (2002 Best Reggae Album). Bolo has collaborated with some of reggae's most prominent artists and producers; including Damian Marley, Tenor Saw, Sugar Minott, Capleton, Tapper Zukie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunny Wailer
Neville O'Riley Livingston (10 April 1947 – 2 March 2021), known professionally as Bunny Wailer, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and percussionist. He was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he is considered one of the longtime standard-bearers of reggae music. He was also known as Jah B, Bunny O'Riley, and Bunny Livingston. Early life and family Wailer was born Neville O'Riley Livingston on 10 April 1947 in Kingston. He spent his earliest years in the village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish. It was there that he first met Bob Marley, and the two young boys befriended each other quickly. The boys both came from single-parent families; Livingston was brought up by his father, Marley by his mother. Later, Wailer's father Thaddeus "Thaddy Shut" Livingston lived with Marley's mother Cedella Booker in Trenchtown and had a daughter with her named Pearl Livingston. Peter Tosh had a son, Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
