Satta Massagana is one of the most revered riddims in the history of Jamaican music. The riddim was originally recorded as Far Far Away by the Abyssinians in 1969 for Clement Dodd. However, because Dodd didn't believe it had any commercial potential...
Junior Reid is a pioneering Roots Reggae artist from the Waterhouse district of Jamdown. Reid started his career at the age of 14, soon after forming his own band - The Voice of Progress - later carrying on to work with producers like Sugar...
Born in Manchester, Jamaica, Jah Mason began his career under the
guidance of Junior Reed, soon after linking with Capleton's David House
and Tony Rebel's Flames family. Touring extensively around Europe, the UK, US & the Caribbean, Jah...
Penthouse Records, Continuation Riddim (D. Germain), 2004 Jamaica
With
two so-slack-sounding track titles, it would be easy to just gloss over
these in a 7"s bin. Your eye might catch that the imperially conscious
artist, Queen...
Half Pint was born in West Kingston and after completing his secondary school education in 1976, began his music career, touring Jamaica with various sounds such as Black Scorpio, Jammys, Gemini, Lee's Unlimited and Killimanjaro. Building up a...
Born Jepther McClymont in 1964 in Davey Town, Luciano
started singing in church before moving to Kingston and cutting a
series of recordings for a number of producers and labels. It
wasn't until Luciano teamed with Phillip 'Fattis' Burrell in...
Since his debut around 1995, Jah Mali has worked with many big producers and artists including Tony Rebel, Donovan Germain, Fatis Burrell, Buju Banton and Bobby Digital. This killer track was released on the Digital B label in 1999 on the Fade...
Gregory Isaacs - The Cool Ruler - is a man who needs no introduction. He
is one of the legends of the reggae world and from the beginning of his
career in the late 60's he has continued to produce classic tunes and
work with the best...
John Holt was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1947. He started out in the music industry as a youth, entering many talent shows and having great success in them. He became a member of the premier vocal group, The Paragons, and later...
Frankie Paul was born Paul Blake in 1965 - the singer was blind until having an operation during his childhood which gave him a small amount of vision. He is known as Jamaica's Stevie Wonder and was visited by Wonder during his school days, who...