THE SOUND SYSTEM AND JAMAICAN MUSIC A historical survey of Jamaican popular music The Jamaican popular music tradition is unique in the Caribbean musical landscape. Its sound can be clearly discerned from other styles, such as meringue, zouk, or the Martinican beguine (Desroches, 1999), whose African and European influences might be more easily perceived. With respect to many other Caribbean styles, the peculiarity...

Bob Marley & The Wailers They say the sun, shines for all but in some people world, it never shine at all. They say love is a stream, that will find its course some think life is a dream so they making matter worse. - from Crisis, by Bob Marley Martin Luther King was not speaking about Bob Marley when he said"We must use...

Prince Buster: JA's Voice of the People From biking around Kingston delivering records by hand to becoming one of the foundational giants in Jamaican music, Cecil "Prince Buster" Campbell, left an enormous legacy as the King of Ska. The musician's telltale bounce and clap of Jamaican ska is unmistakably as unique as its creator. Campbell entered the public consciousness at a key time...