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Celebrating Sonny Bradshaw

The COVID-19 pandemic may have put the brakes on the 30th anniversary staging of the Jamaica International Ocho Rios Jazz Festival, but the event's co-founder and jazz chanteuse Dr Myrna Hague Bradshaw was not daunted...Read More

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Jamaica Observer - October 4
2020 - Richard Johnson

Joe Higgs, the unsung reggae pioneer who schooled Bob Marley, others

Joe Higgs is a name still uncommon to many reggae fans today despite his vast contributions during a musical career of over three decades... Read More

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FACE2FACE Africa Sept. 26
2020

What A Bam Bam - Romae Gordon Reflects On Reggae Great Toots Hibbert

On the day we learned of Toots Hibbert’s death, I got into an impassioned discussion with my mom about Bam Bam...Read more 

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Jamaica Gleaner
September 20
2020

Vinyl Sales Surpass CD Sales for the First Time in 34 Years

It’s been a long time coming, but now it’s officially official: vinyl sales have surpassed CD sales in the US...Read more

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COS News September 10
2020

Inside Jamaica’s reggae scene during ’75-’76

With King Tubby testing amps and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry at the controls of his Black Ark Studio mixing desk to fly-bys at Randy’s Record Mart, .... Read more

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