2022

The Mighty Diamonds are a reggae vocal group from the Trench Town area of Kingston, Jamaica, who enjoyed their greatest success in the late 1970s and early 1980s.....Read more

One of the most recognizable smooth crooners in America, Nat King Cole was the genius behind beloved songs such as Smile, Unforgettable, and The Christmas Song.

What would “Three Little Birds” – Bob Marley & The Wailers’ timeless anthem, be without Tyrone Downie’s melodious notes? ........Read more

RAPPER Konan (real name Karl Wilson), son of the late Jamaican rocksteady singer Delroy Wilson, earned a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on Friday for I Spy.....Read more

The Vinyl Record Collectors Association (VRCA), in honour of the great stalwart Vilma Whyte-Ellington, presented two scholarships to the Chetolah Mel Nathan Educational Centre in Hanna Town, Kingston.....Read more

Cecil "Skelly" Spence, co-founder of roots-reggae group Israel Vibration, died August 26 at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, New York.....Read more

Motown hitmaker Lamont Dozier, who penned songs for The Supremes, The Four Tops and The Isley Brothers, as well as Marvin Gaye and Martha and the Vandellas, has died aged 81.....Read more

Christopher Meredith, the prolific bass guitarist who played on multiple Grammy-winning albums and numerous hit songs, died in South Florida on July 27......Read more

This is some most welcome pressing news indeed. To wit: Fidelity Record Pressing (Fidelity) has just announced a state-of-the-art record-pressing facility is being constructed from the ground up in Oxnard (Ventura County), California, and it will launch in Q1 2023.....Read more

Vinyl sales have grown rapidly for more than a decade on the mainland -- as well as here in Hawaii. 2021 was the biggest year since 1986 for vinyl record sales, with more than a billion dollars worth of records sold last year.....Read more