Miss Colombia, Paulina Vega, 21, was crowned Miss Universe at the 63rd annual Miss Universe Pageant held on January 25 in Dora Miami.Paulina Vega who is a business student, was born on January 15, 1993 in the beautiful city of Barranquilla, Colombia. Kaci Fennell who represented Jamaica finished 5th. Both ladies represented with pride, the […]
Ska music was originated in Jamaica in the late 1950’s. It is a fusion of the Jamaican Mento music with American Jazz and Rhythm and Blues. It is Jamaica’s first indigenous commercial music and was made popular in the early 1960’s. The first recorded Ska music was Easy Snappin by Thephillus Beckford in 1959. The first international Ska hit […]
Welcome to Rocksteady: The Golden Era of Jamaican music. During the late 1960’s Ska music began to evolve into a slower, more relaxed and soulful tempo called Rocksteady. The bass became heavier and prominent, horns took a supporting role in the background and was replaced by the electric guitar,organ and piano. It is believed that the genre […]
Stranger Cole, born Wilburn Theodore Cole in Kingston in the year 1945. He is a singer and songwriter of Ska Rocksteady and Reggae genres. He debuted in music as a songwriter with the song “In and Out the Window”, which was written for the Ska legend, Monty Morris. In 1962 he did his first singles with […]
