Extempo War Lord Relator vs Lord Superior

The Art of Extempo... Calypsonian Gypsy and Lady Africa do battle.

Sad message from Lee Scratch Perry

Listen to the CBC Radio Interview about the fire HERE
HALLO MY FANS SOMETHNG VERY VERY SAD HAPPEND I FORGOTT TO OUT A CANDLE AND MY WHOLE SECRET LABORATORY BURNED OUT. MY WHOLE LIFE COLECTIONS,ARTS,MY MAGIC HATS, MY MAGIC BOOTS, ALL MY CRAZY SHOW OUTFITS AND COSTUMES:KING,POPE,GENERAL,MAGICIAN….. ALL MY ELECTRONICS AND STUDIO EQUIPMENT AND MY MAGIC MIC, BOOKS, MUSIK, CDS… EVERYTHING GONE!!!! I AM SO SAD AND MY WIFE IS SO MAD TO MY ANGELS THAT ALWAYS GIVE ME PERFECT THINGS IF YOU HAVE MADE SOMETHING FOR ME TO BRING IT TO THE SHOW WHEN IM IN YOUR AREA, IT WOULD BE SUPER IF YOU SEND THAT TO ME IN ADVANCE BY POST SO I CAN HAVE IT BEFORE I START WITH SHOWS IN MARCH, BECAUSE NOW IM GOING TO JAMAIKA AND WILL NOT HAVE THE TIME TO LOOK OR MAKE SPECIAL OUTFITS. SEND ME A PRIVATE MESSAGE AND I WILL SEND YOU THE ADRESS. ALSO WRITE ME WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED THEN I WILL PUT YOU + ? ON THE GUESTLIST WHEN I COME TO YOUR AREA AND WITH BACKSTAGE ACSESS SO I CAN THANK YOU PERSONALY GOD BLESS LOVE £$P

Papa Madoo - Jamming So

Desmond Dekker

Desmond Dekker’s impact of upon the world of music can never be underestimated. His groundbreaking recordings during the sixties and early seventies opened the way for the likes of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff to make their mark on the world stage. From 1967 to 1970, he enjoyed a run of international chart hits as yet unequalled by any other Jamaican performer and yet, for all his success, Desmond’s achievements were often overlooked by music writers. Born Desmond Adolphus Dacres, on July 16th 1943 in Kingston, Jamaica, he spent his early childhood on the family farm in Danvers Pen, St Thomas where he was raised by his father. During his youth, he regularly sang in the local church choir, although his desire to become a singer was sparked by an altogether different kind of music, as he recalled in an interview with respected Jamaican music historian, Laurence Cane-Honeysett in 1999.

King Stitt - (R.I.P) - Studio One Story

Rare players via Studio One.

1957 JOBO AMUSETTE RECORD PLAYER

MOEL MICRO RECORD PLAYER

1957-59 JOBOTON 712 RECORD PLAYER - 4 SPEED WITH RONETTE TO284 TURNOVER

Learn the Skank

I love these Vids| teach me so Much about where our Music is coming from......... ##Ska Skanking, Lesson By Tony Verity

Posted by Proud Jamaicāns on Saturday, January 11, 2014

Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez Passes at 80

Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez MBE (17 October 1934[2] – 4 September 2015), also known as simply Rico, Reco or El Reco, was a Cuban-born Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist. He recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd "Matador" Daley. He was known as one of the first and most distinguished ska artists, and from the early 1960s performed and recorded in Britain, with the Specials, Jools Holland, and others.

Rodriguez was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved with his family to Jamaica at an early age. He grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, and was taught to play the trombone by his slightly older schoolmate Don Drummond at the Alpha Boys School. In the 1950s, Rodriguez became a Rastafarian and was closely musically to the rasta drummer Count Ossie. In 1961 Rodriguez moved to the UK and started to play in reggae bands. In 1976 he recorded the album Man from Wareika under a contract with Island Records. In the late 1970s, with the arrival of the 2 Tone genre, he played with ska revival bands such as the Specials including their single "A Message to You, Rudy".

The Gladiators

The Gladiators are a Jamaican roots reggae band, most popular during the 1970s. The core was Albert Griffiths (guitarist and singer),Clinton Fearon (bassist and singer) and Gallimore Sutherland rhythm guitar and singer. The two most famous albums are Trenchtown Mix Up (1976) and Proverbial Reggae (1978) with songs as "Hearsay", "Jah Works", "Dreadlocks the Time is Now". "Mix Up", "Music Makers from Jamaica", and "Soul Rebel" – a song written by The Wailers. Gladiators also cooperated with the toaster U-Roy.

Albert Griffiths, singer and guitar player, was the founder of the reggae group The Gladiators. After some success with the singles "You Are The Girl" (a b-side to The Ethiopians hit record "Train to Skaville") in 1966, he recruited his childhood friends David Webber and Errol Grandison in 1968 to form the original Gladiators vocal group. The group's name was allegedly suggested by a fellow bus passenger during the time of their first recordings.[2] The group's first major success was with the single "Hello Carol" in 1968, for producer Coxsone Dodd, which topped the Jamaican music charts. Shortly afterwards, in 1969, Webber was stricken with illness and was replaced by Clinton Fearon, one of Griffiths' proteges. Similarly Grandison left the group in 1973 for family commitments and was replaced by Dallimore Sutherland. During the early 1970s the Gladiators cut numerous records for various producers such as, Lloyd Daley and Lee Perry, but it was their recordings for Dodd at Studio One that became the biggest hits. During this time at Studio One the Gladiators hits included "Bongo Red", "Jah Jah Go Before Us", "Mr. Baldwin", and "Roots Natty". A collection of 5 albums from their 1966 - 1975 was made by the Roots Reggae Library.