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JonFX’s Vintage Collection album was released on February 6 and he is singing rocksteady, ska and reggae songs he wrote and played most instruments on.

BURT Bacharach, one of the great composers in popular music, died On February 8 in Los Angeles at age 94. He and songwriting partner Hal David, who died in 2012, are responsible for countless memo...

One of the songs that launched the Channel One studio in the early 1970s was It's A Shame — Delroy Wilson's smooth cover of The Spinners' 1969 hit. His vocals were complemented by the ...

LET Them Say, British singer Bitty McLean's cover of the 1968 Bob Andy classic, was released Monday by VP Records. October 31 would have been the reggae legend's 78th birthday. It is the fir...

Originally from Harlem, New York, Abdul Mateen was born in 1954 in Women’s Hospital and lived on 115th Street. He attended school in Queens, where there was a great music

Jamaica’s foremost National Hero, the Right Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey said: A People without a knowledge of its history is like a tree without roots. The recent imbroglio involving the claim by ...

With Jamaica marking the 60th anniversary of its independence this year, David Katz traces the sounds that built a nation, marvelling at the island country’s remarkable aptitude for musical innovation

The Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment Desk continues with the 45th of its biweekly feature looking at seminal moments that have helped shape Jamaica over the past 60 years. The music produced ...

Leslie Kong’s legendary Jamaican label moves with the times. Review by Kieron Tyler

The Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment Desk continues with the 19th in its Child Month series highlighting some of Jamaica’s young performers who shot to stardom. SIXTY years ago when Fredd...