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Jah Woosh

In a packed field, toaster Jah Woosh — created Neville Beckford in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1952 — remaining his mark around the origins age having a string of well-known singles and some seminal albums. Haile Selassie’s 1966 condition trip to Jamaica prompted Beckford’s transformation to Rastafarianism, and Prince Lloyd’s AUDIO …

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Oku Onuora

The name of Oku Onuora, Jamaica’s most widely known dub poet, a notorious radical, criminal, and proud subversive, literally means fire within the desert and symbolizes the voice of individuals. Considered the daddy of dubetry, a combined mix of haunting dub melodies and spoken term, Oku Onora was created Orlando …

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Linton Kwesi Johnson

Although he has only released one album of new materials within the last a decade, and virtually retired from your live stage after his 1985 tour, Linton Kwesi Johnson remains a towering number in reggae music. Given birth to in Kingston, Jamaica and elevated within the Brixton portion of London, …

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Keith Sterling

b. Keith Sterling-Mcleod, January 1952, Kingston, Jamaica, Western Indies. Sterling originates from a musical family members and his old brothers possess all been mixed up in Jamaican recording sector. Lester performed alto saxophone within the Skatalites, Roy was a trumpeter with Lynn Tait AS WELL AS THE Jets and Gladstone …

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Sly Dunbar

The foundations of Jamaica’s drumming style were set with the innovative playing of Sly Dunbar (born: Lowell Fillmore Dunbar). As one-half from the Riddim Twins, Dunbar became a member of with bassist Robbie Shakespeare to supply the tempo section and/or creation for recordings by reggae performers including Peter Tosh, Dark …

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