2019

VRCA Magazine 2019

Irving Burgie, Songwriter Who Helped Bring Calypso To America, Dies At 95

Irving Burgie, a songwriter whose adaptation of the traditional Jamaican folk song "Day-O" became one of the definitive calypso songs of the 20th century, died on Friday. He was 95....

"The music business was my husband" Pat Chin VP Records

There can’t be that many 82-year-old dancehall and reggae svengalis. But Patricia “Miss Pat” Chin, who founded the VP Records shop....

John Anderson, World's Greatest Soul Record Dealer, Is Dead

Americans were notoriously careless when it came to treasuring the legacy of soul music. In the UK, they dug deeper, and no one dug harder than Anderson...

Vintage Voices | Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder Visionary Blind Geniuses

Blindness has oftentimes been linked to the success of recording artistes in popular music....

Remembering Alton Ellis

The eighty-first birth anniversary of the late iconic Jamaican singer Alton Ellis, which occurred last Sunday, revives memories of a man whose contribution to Jamaica’s popular music remains unmatched....

Jamaican Music and The Latin Connection

Although not being considered a legitimate Jamaican music genre and having just an ephemeral lifespan, Latin rhythms occupied a very important space in Jamaican popular music...

Remembering Joseph Hoo-Kim - Channel 1

From running a jukebox business in Kingston to a record shop and pressing plant in New York, Joseph Hoo-Kim had the music industry in his veins.....

How the 45 RPM Single Changed Music Forever

When it arrived 70 years ago today, the 45 rpm single, a format that would revolutionize pop music, seemed less radical than simply confusing. On March 15th, 1949, RCA Victor became the first label to roll out records that were smaller (seven inches in diameter) and held less music.... 

Reggae museum coming

THE Ministry of Tourism will create an international reggae music museum in Kingston, as one of the projects planned for Reggae Month in February.....

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