Tag: Music
Tambourine in Jamaican Music
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The tambourine or timbrel is an important musical instrument in Revival churches in Jamaica. It is also featured in mento,...
Rhumba box, Jamaica
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While waiting in the immigration line at the Donald Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay a few years ago, I...
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Though Judy Mowatt is best known as a member of the I-Threes, Bob Marley’s back up vocalists (Rita Marley and...
Treasure Beach boats
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This weekend, an estimated 5,000 lovers of literature and poetry will descend on the community of Treasure Beach on Jamaica’s...
Mural at Bob Marley Museum
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The Bob Marley Museum was not on my list of places to see on this visit to Kingston but when...
Derrick Harriott, photo from The Jamaica Gleaner
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Singer and producer, Derrick Harriott, has been in and around the music business in Jamaica for well over 50 years....
Bacchanal 2012, Jamaica Carnival
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Approximately 30 minutes before Bacchanal 2012, Jamaica’s Carnival, which had as its theme, Future Shock, made its way to where I...
At the Premiere of Marley, the Documentary
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I like happy coincidences. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I had no plans to visit the Bob Marley...
Bob Marley, photo from the Internet
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I thought I knew every song that Bob Marley released. But on a visit to the Bob Marley museum in...
Jacob Miller
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Jacob Miller left long before he was able to share with the world all the music he had in him....