Apart from music, sports is one of Jamaica’s biggest pastime activities. The most popular sports are athletics, cricket, football and netball. Athletics Athletics is perhaps the most successful sport in Jamaica’s history. Jamaica made its Olympic debut at the London Olympics in 1948 where they won one gold and two silver medals. The medals were won by […]
Tracks: Un Amor (2014) 1. No Me Rendiré 2. Live Another Day (Feat. Ky-Mani Marley) 3. Agua De La Fuente (Un Amor) 4. Chileno Del Roots 5. Continente 6. Dos Hacen Uno 7. Solamente Tu 8. Cada Cosa En Su Momento 9. Amor Prohibido Interlude 10. Amor Prohibido 11. Continente (version en portugués) 12. Agua De […]
Toots Hibbert, born Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert is a Jamaican songwriter and singer . He was lead singer of the group called The Maytals. He was born on December 8, 1942 in May Pen, Clarendon. In 1961, he formed and became the lead vocalist of the vocal group, Toots & The Maytals, which was originally called The […]
JC Lodge is a reggae singer, actress and artist. She was born June Carol Lodge on December 1,1958 in London England to a Jamaican father and a British mother. She became exposed to Reggae music after she was taken to live in Jamaica as a child. In 1980 she recorded her debut single “Someone Loves […]
John Holt, a legendary Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae singer and songwriter was born John Kenneth Holt, In Kingston (July 11,1947 – October 16, 2014). In 1963 he initiated his musical career with the single “I Cried A Tear” produced by Leslie Kong. He also recorded duets with Alton Ellis that same year. In 1964 he joined the […]
Ken Boothe born Kenneth George Boothe, is a vocalist and songwriter of Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae genres. He was born in Kingston on March 22, 1948. Musical Career The year 1963, Boothe began his musical career when he formed a Ska Duo with Winston Stranger Cole called Stranger and Ken. The first song made by […]
Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh in Westmoreland, Jamaica (October 19, 1944 – September 11, 1987) He was a Reggae singer, songwriter and musician who played several instruments including the guitar, keyboards, melodica, drums and violin. In 1963 he founded the Wailers Group along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer. In 1974 Tosh along with Bunny Wailer […]
This genre which started about 1981 captures all the elements of the dub art form. Rub-A-Dub marked the start of the era of digitally engineered sound. By this time the melodic talk-over was no longer being done by disc jockeys but by artistes known in Jamaica as deejays, who mastered the skill of rapping flawlessly to dance rhythms. It […]
St Ann Area km2 1,212.6 Population 172,362 Major Towns St Ann’s Bay, Runaway Bay ,Ocho Rios, Brown’s Town Attractions: Fern Gully, Dunns River Falls, Runaway Caves, Discovery Bay, Marcus Garvey’s Birth Place, Bob Marleys Birth Place and burial site, Columbus Park, Rio […]
