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<p>Reggae music became popular in the late 1960s, when young people were excited about it and gravitated to the new sound. The artists were mainly grass-roots people who used their voices to articulate a message and communicate to the masses. Old-time reggae lyrics described life events in the Caribbean culture to which most people could relate.</p>

'Bunny' Will Be Missed - Veteran Artiste Passes After Long Battle With Cancer Published:Thursday | May 11, 2017 | 5:00 AMShereita Grizzle Previous Next File Scully (left) performing with Bunny at the Heart of Ska show, held at the Jamaica Festival Village, Ranny Williams Centre, Hope Road, on Saturday, August 2, 2014. 1 2 Arthur 'Bunny' Robinson, of the musical duo, Bunny and Scully has died. Bunny passed away at the University Hospital of the West Indies (Mona) yesterday morning. This comes approximately two months after his musical partner Scully, died at home on Maxfield Avenue in February. In a...

If there's one musical style that epitomizes summer, it might be the loping island style of ska. It caught fire in early '60s Jamaica, a precursor to reggae. Player utilities PopoutShare 00:0000:00 download This story is based on a radio interview. Listen to the full interview. But ska has gone through a few iterations. Ska is really a fusion of American R&B with Jamaican jazz, says Brad Klein, a Minneapolis-based filmmaker who traced the history of ska in a documentary, "Legends of Ska. Without Ska, there is no reggae." "Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Jimmy Cliff ... all started in...

Jamaican singer Derrick Morgan recorded the song "Conquering Ruler" in 1967, and it was no empty boast. He dominated his country's airwaves in the early '60s when he was barely out of his teens. Now 73 and performing regularly, Morgan is equally proud of his endurance. But Morgan never had much choice. He grew up near Kingston's Orange Street, which was lined with record stores and producers. Morgan studied bookkeeping at school and began singing for his classmates. An eye disease left him with poor vision and unable to ever crunch numbers professionally. Fortunately, Morgan's winning rendition of Little Richard's...

BARRINGTON Llewellyn, founding member of the group Heptones is dead. He was 63. According to Earl Morgan — founder of the trio — Llewellyn began complaining of not feeling well and was rushed to the University Hospital in St Andrew on Tuesday. He passed away at 3:15 a.m. the day after. No cause was given for his death The funeral is scheduled for Jamaica Association for Vintage Artistes and Affiliates (JAVAA) headquarters at 5-7 Hagley Park Road, Kingston 10 on Sunday, December 4. Llewellyn, who would have celebrated his birthday on Christmas, is best remembered as the lead vocals in...

It was a rousing, rollicking send-off to singer Alton Ellis that was staged at the Scots Kirk on Duke Street yesterday. Actually, Alton's funeral service was a two-part event, with Part one being a true celebration which had those in attendance caught up somewhere between a Heineken Startime and a gospel showcase. And, Alton's family and his peers in the business came out to be a part of this last hurrah, but so too did his numerous fans, music industry personnel, ministers of government, the curious and those who felt the need to be part of history. Bunny & Skully's...