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Just a little known figure beyond reggae’s deep roots circles, Small Roy contributed a small number of undeniable classics towards the genre through the 1970s: populace-pleasing hits which were also vehicles for his Rastafari-inspired message. Given birth to through the early years from the 1950s (times range between 1950-1953) within …

A pioneering push behind the rise of Caribbean music, acoustic guitar virtuoso Ernest Ranglin was created in Manchester, Jamaica, in 1932. He started playing ukulele like a son, quickly graduating to acoustic guitar; during his teenagers he began carrying out live both locally and in the Bahamas, frequently in tandem …

The architect from the rocksteady sound in Jamaica, virtuoso guitarist Lyn Taitt (his name was Nerlynn Taitt, sometimes listed as Nearlin Taitt) was created in 1934 in San Fernando, Trinidad, where he was a steel pan player and a guitarist. He shifted to Jamaica in 1962, where he started working …

Key pad virtuoso Jackie Mittoo was among the real legends of reggae — a founding person in the Skatalites and an extraordinarily prolific songwriter, he was perhaps most influential being a coach to countless youthful performers, primarily through his are the musical movie director on the famed Studio room One. …

Component collective and component neighborhood supergroup, L.A.’s the Lions grew away from some impromptu jam periods loosely executed and organized by Todd Simon at Killion Studios in later 2006 (vocals had been added afterwards at Dan Ubick’s Lion’s Den Studios) that highlighted associates of Breakestra, the Tempo Root base All-Stars, …