(headline image: Jimmy Cliff – Photo credit: Vision Addict) Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican singer, songwriter, and actor whose work helped carry reggae into mainstream world…
Gregory Isaacs ranked as one of the true superstars of reggae music, with a career that spanned three decades and legions of loyal fans worldwide.…
The Heptones are one of reggae’s legendary groups, led by the charismatic Leroy Sibbles along with Earl Morgan and Barry Llewellyn. They became huge hitmakers…
Ansel Cridland, Danny Clarke and Winston Watson collectively known as The Meditations, recorded their first hit single “Woman is Like a Shadow” in 1974 at…
Bridging the gap between Ska and Reggae, the soulful Rocksteady style dominated the Jamaican music scene for more than a decade. Formed in 1965 by…
In 1973, a teenaged guitarist, cellist, and singer named Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore, then with the Inner Band left the safety of the ‘Circle’ to pursue…
David Nesta “Ziggy” Marley was born October 17, 1968, in Kingston, Jamaica. He learned how to play guitar and drums from his father, Bob Marley,…
Toots Hibbert was born in May Pen in the parish of Clarendon, Jamaica. He was the youngest of seven children and began singing in the…
Morgan Heritage wa initially made up of 5 out of the 29 children fathered by reggae star Denroy Morgan – who released a gold-certified single…
Long before the Itals became a reality, Keith Porter recorded his first hit single, “Hitey Titey,” with the Westmorelites on the Studio One label in…