February 2025

‘Long live memories of D Brown’

Songwriter and producer Mikey Bennett remembers the first time that he collaborated with Dennis Brown, affectionately dubbed the Crown Prince of Reggae......Read more

Black Uhuru sealed the deal

Forty years ago, on February 26 1985, the first Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording was awarded to Black Uhuru for the Sly and Robbie-produced Anthem.......Read more

‘Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story’ of the woman behind the voice

Forty-two years after Jamaican dancehall deejay and singer Ophlin Russell, better known as Sister Nancy and Muma Nancy, did the iconic song Bam Bam on the Stalag 17 riddim.......Read more

Jerry 'Iceman' Butler DEAD AT 85

Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, a legendary R&B singer and long-time Illinois politician, has died......Read more

R.I.P. soul and disco star Gwen McCrae

(February 21, 2025) It has been a difficult start to 2025, and it just got more challenging, as we sadly pass on the news of the death of soul and disco star Gwen McCrae. She was 81......Read more

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