Jamaican Music

Nominees announced for first Caribbean Urban Music Awards

bigculture — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:24:24 -0500

SIX YEARS after the Urban Music Awards began, what is touted as one of the biggest annual award ceremonies, has come to the Caribbean.

And it has come to the country widely spoken of as the Caribbean's entertainment capital, as the first Caribbean Urban Music Awards (CUMA) will be staged at James Bond Beach, Oracabessa, St Mary, on Saturday, April 26.

Where are all the Jamaican vinyl records

bigculture — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:32:12 -0600

A better gauge of the health of reggae, however, is the demise of another phenomenon specific to Jamaican music. After recording a new backing track, reggae producers have traditionally asked several different singers to record their own vocal interpretations of the tune

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DJ Spooky mixes Jamaican music

bigculture — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:55:25 -0600

Multi-faceted musician and writer, DJ Spooky, honored the 40th anniversary of seminal Jamaican record label Trojan Records with a groundbreaking new release to mash-up several of their catalog's rich archives

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John Lydon - History of Jamaican Music 2002

bigculture — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:19:15 -0500