The Melodians
The Jamaican singing group “The Melodians” is highly regarded as one of the most impactful of the Rock-Steady and early Reggae eras. The...
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Nov 62 min read
Ernest Wilson
Fitzroy Ernest Wilson was born on November 18, 1951, he was just a teenager (12 years old) when he formed the Clarendonians with his...
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Oct 116 min read
Junior Byles- Retracing the steps of his genius
It has been said that the decade of the1970s was one the most culturally enigmatic periods in the nation's history. It was a period of...
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Oct 14 min read
Horace Andy, King Tubby and the Foundations of Dub Music
Horace Andy I was in third form at Kingston College (my high school back in Kingston, Jamaica) in 1972 when I first heard about the...
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Sep 23 min read
Jamaica's Track & Field needs investigating and the Sooner, the Better.
Jamaica's sustained 20-year period of success in Track & Field, which includes notable achievements such as Usain Bolt's world records...
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Aug 255 min read
Kamala Harris challenges History
On Thursday night, August 23, 2024, Kamala Devi Harris became the first non-white woman in American political history to be nominated by...
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Aug 196 min read
BUJU, what are you saying? I am not following you.
BUJU, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? I AM NOT FOLLOWING YOU… Mi Love mi cyaar, mi love mi bike, mi love mi money an ting...but most of all, mi love...
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Aug 13 min read
Can Vybz Kartel rescue Dancehall
Which direction will Dancehall take now that (arguably) it's greatest exponent Adidja Palmer aka Vybz Kartel is back on the streets after...
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Jun 292 min read
A CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson Last night, Jamaicans around the world who follow Track & Field Athletics, witnessed what can...
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Jun 42 min read
Kenyan Reggae MC Mary Njambi Koikai "FYAH MUMMAH" Has Passed
Kenyan MC, radio host and prominent Reggae MC and activist, "Fyah Mummah" died this past Monday after a long battle with endometriosis....
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May 293 min read
Jamaica’s Female Dancehall Sensation Shenseea- Can she carry the Torch of Bob Marley's Legacy?
Image credits to DancehallMag The Dancehall scene in Jamaica has been electrified by the emergence of Shenseea, a talented female artist...
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May 104 min read
What went wrong with Black Uhuru
The group Black Uhuru was the first Reggae act to win a Grammy Award and came together during the 1970s in the Waterhouse area of...
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Apr 293 min read
Sunday Scoops Presents Tony Tuff (Dancehall Pioneer)
Reggae and Dancehall singer Winston Anthony Morris, better known as Tony Tuff, died on Saturday (April 20). He was 69. Tony Tuff is best...
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Apr 173 min read
Conversation with Reggae artiste Bushman
A few Sundays ago, Sunday Scoops hosted a conversation with Jamaican Reggae Artiste Bushman, born Dwight Duncan in the district of...
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Apr 24 min read
Disrespecting the Canons of Jamaican Governance
It has been my observation that there has been a significant increase in the level of disrespect for each other among the two major...
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Mar 304 min read
STOP THE IMPORTATION OF STUDENT ATHLETES
The curtains came down on Saturday (night) March 23, 2024 on the 114th staging of ISSA Boys and Girls Championships at the National...
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Mar 185 min read
The Wailers...How the Group Changed over Time
L-R: Bunny Wailer, Bob Marley, and Peter Tosh They came together in 1963, a union established when self-taught musician Hubert Peter...
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Mar 45 min read
B.B Seaton 1944-2024
One of the most endearing personalities to have graced the Jamaican music scene, Harris Lloyd Seaton aka B.B Seaton, fell silent on March...
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Feb 122 min read
Winston "Mr. Fixit" Francis
Winston “Mr. Fixit” Francis, who was born in Kingston in 1943. Francis served as an apprentice printer before relocating to Miami, Florida a
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Feb 54 min read
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley- National Hero. Now is the Time
Over the last decade and a half, the month of February has taken on a special significance in the cultural life of Jamaica, particularly...
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