Pre Columbus – Inhabited by the Tainos from 1000 b.c.e. to 1494. Tainos came to the Island from South America. They were a peaceful group of people who named it Xamayca which means land of wood and water. 1494 May 4 – Christopher Colombus arrived in Jamaica and landed at Discovery Bay on his second voyage to […]
Etana, born Shana Mckenzie on May 22, 1983 in Kingston, is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. Etana is a Swahili word from West Africa which means “The Strong One”. Career In 2007 while working with reggae singer Richie Spice as a backup vocalist, she recorded and released her first single “Wrong Address” which quickly rose to number one in […]
The traditional folk forms of music in Jamaica was greatly influenced by the traditional drumming and singing by the enslaved Africans. They have also been influenced to varying degrees by the music of the other cultures with which they have come in contact. Some of the most popular traditional forms includes secular practices such as Bruckins, Jonkunnu, […]
By 1969, approximately one year after the birth of Reggae music, Jamaica had developed a new art form known as Dub. Dub emerged when studio engineers began to remix the B sides of reggae vinyl records by fading out the vocals and emphasising the instrumental texture of the song. The purpose was to allow disc jockeys (DJ) […]
Yasus Afari is a dub poet, reggae artiste and author, born John Sinclair in Ross Hall, St Elizabeth, Jamaica on September 4,1962. In April 2007 he launched his best selling book ”Overstanding Rastafari: Jamaica’s Gift to the World” at the University Of The West Indies In Kingston, Jamaica. On October 5, 2013 he launched his latest […]
Yasus Afari launched his 8th album, “Public Secret” at the Red Bones Cafe in Kingston on October 5, 2013. The Album was produced by Senya-Cum Records and Mandeville Music Group. It was recorded mixed and mastered by Yasus Afari and the Dub Vijan Band at the Shelta Recording Studio in Mandeville, Manchester. The album features 15 […]
In 2009 Yasus was in studio in Kingston doing recordings for his 6th album called “Kiss Me Neck”. The musicians who worked with him on this album were all acquainted with each other as they had often met while doing their own independent work in the music industry in Jamaica. Studio engineer Leroy “Fat Man” […]
