Alton Nehemiah Ellis OD… Facts an’ T’ings September 1, 1938 – October 10, 2008 IRIE remembers Alton Nehemiah Ellis OD (September 1, 1938 – October 10, 2008) a Jamaican vocalist best known as one of the innovators of rocksteady, a romantic, rhythm and blues styled Jamaican music genre which was a successor of ska and […]
Sly Dunbar May 10, 1952 Lowell ‘Sly’ Fillmore Dunbar, born May 10, 1952, in Kingston, Jamaica, is a drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly & Robbie. Dunbar began playing at the age of 15 in a band called The Yardbrooms. His first appearance on a recording was on the […]
#WWMFJA2015 Just over six years ago, before the Reggae Revival movement began, a virtually unknown band of starry eyed, frustrated, reggae musicians conceptualised an event. The young hopefuls were hungry for a success that seemed elusive despite their talents and hard work, so they devised a plan to get their music out there. The idea […]