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RIP Allan Magnus!
Tributes are pouring in for beloved veteran broadcaster Alan Magnus, with Prime Minister Andrew describing him as an icon of morning radio. Magnus, who spent over 40 years at Radio Jamaica (RJR 94 FM), passed away today at age 80. “As a child...
Saluting the great Dennis Emmanuel Brown - the crown prince of reggae on his birthday ! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/XJrbQBxxbpUWvk78/?mibextid=WC7FNe
The long awaited This is Jamaica 🇯🇲 Poetry Competition! The patriotism of the children in Jamaica were on full display. Congratulations to all of them.
FINALS: See students compete for the top spot in the Jamaican American Association of Central Florida sponsored, Peter Gracey's This is Jamaica Poetry Schola...
The Jamaican Museum and Cultural Center Inc. (JMCC) congratulates Basil Watson C.D. on his success in the 2003 PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture. Basil won the public vote for the most popular new sculpture. His excellence continues to illuminate the Arts, as the world is given the opportunity to enjoy his skill and celebrate his successes. 🇯🇲
Forgot to share dis. Friends, as I gathered my ingredients to cook the likkle bickle, I reached into the fridge, into the vegetable tray and found mi good, good onion sprouting! Well I guess this is what Merican people call “spring onion” lol 😝 was grateful fih di likkle scellion all the same.
Ok boat run. Ask pardon to those who nuh care fih di trenton, I sneaked a bit of bacon 🥓 innah my plate, it sweet caant done!
Happy Heavenly 79th BirthdayKeith Anderson CD (28 October 1944 – 27 March 2020), better known by the stage name Bob Andy, was a Jamaican reggae vocalist and songwriter. He was widely regarded as one of reggae's most influential songwriters.
Anderson was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in October 1944, where his mother worked at Up-Park Camp. At the age of seven he moved to live with his grandmother in Westmoreland. After his grandmother died, his mother gave him away, and he was subject to beatings at the hands of his adoptive parents.
After several years he returned to Kingston to help look after one of his siblings, but to escape beatings from his mother, he tried to get a place at Maxfield Park children's home by telling them that his mother had died.They both ended up in court, where he was made a ward of the state and returned to Maxfield Park. At the home, he taught himself to play piano, and began singing in the Kingston Parish Church choir.[2] In the local scout troop he met Tyrone Evans, with whom he formed the Binders.
Bob Andy was one of the founding members of The Paragons, along with Tyrone Evans and Howard Barrett, with John Holt later joining briefly before being replaced by Vic Taylor. Andy left after Holt rejoined and worked for Studio One delivering records and songwriting before embarking on a solo career.
His first solo hit record in 1967, "I've Got to Go Back Home", was followed by "Desperate Lover", "Feeling Soul", "Unchained", and "Too Experienced". He also composed songs for other reggae artists, including "I Don't Want to See You Cry" for Ken Boothe, and "Feel Like Jumping", "Truly", and "Melody Life" for Marcia Griffiths.[4] He had several hits in the late 1960s, including "Going Home", "Unchained", "Feeling Soul", "My Time", "The Ghetto Stays in the Mind", and "Feel the Feeling". Some of these, and his 1992 hit, "Fire Burning", have come to be regarded as reggae standards and several have been covered several times by other artists.
In the early 1970s, he recorded with Marcia Griffiths as Bob and Marcia, initially for Studio One, but later under producer "Harry J" Johnson's tutelage. They had a major hit in the UK with "Young, Gifted and Black" (with orchestral backing added for the UK market) and spent time there promoting it, touring with Elton John and Gilbert O'Sullivan. When the tour ended they were still not getting any money, and were told by people in England that Harry J had got the cash. They returned to Jamaica. Andy said "when we left Jamaica, Harry J did not have a studio. When we came back, he had a studio and a brand new Benz."
He continued without Johnson's involvement and returned to the UK, where he recorded "Pied Piper" with Griffiths and they toured again.[3] "Pied Piper" gave them another top 20 hit, but the duo was dissolved when Griffiths joined the I Threes.
Disillusioned with the industry, in 1978 Andy put his music career on hold and after taking up creative dancing with the National Dance Theatre Company, concentrated on his career as an actor, starring in the films Children of Babylon in 1980, and The Mighty Quinn (1989). He relocated to London, where he worked as a producer and recorded with Mad Professor, for whom he recorded a dub version of his Song Book album. Later, Andy moved to Miami.
In 1997 he released a new album, Hangin' Tough, produced by Willie Lindo.
Andy toured Africa for the first time in 2005, performing at the Bob Marley 60th birthday concert in Addis Ababa, and while in Ethiopia also sang at the President's Palace and gave benefit concerts for the Twelve Tribes organization at the Rastafari movement settlement at Shashamane.
The Jamaican government conferred the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD) on Andy in October 2006 for his contributions to the development of Jamaican music.
In March 2015, Andy was mugged on Mona Road in St. Andrew and robbed of JA$50,000 and two cellphones, the assailant slashing his left arm with a knife in the attack.
The late Michael Prophet cited Andy as his main influence as a singer.
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Love food?? This episode of Di Kulture Zone is a food lover's delight. Sophia & Janet explore Jamaican foods and the food tour.
If you missed it, here it is. Nine night for Ibo Cooper streamed on EdnaTv - Edna Manley college
As promised to Richie, take a look at the fresh batch of ackee. Some of the pod skin did look quail but the fruit inside nice and plump. Seeeeet!
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Another year has passed but today we celebrate Earth 79th Strong same way! Make sure to play some Peter Tosh today. 📷 unknown
Not a big haul but every likkle mek a muckle!
Felt for a taste of our National dish and seeing the big $9 a can in the supermarket, I pawn mi pick stick and went to mi back yard. Mek mi tell yuh something, picking ackee is no easy feat! Mi fight off squirrel 🐿️, brave lizard 🦎, fan off gingy flies, bruise up mi finga, and now have crick neck but dis wid some corn pork, wi set mi straight! Who beg naw get and who nuh beg nuh waant!
On this day in 1944, Jamaican legend Winston Hubert McIntosh, more popularly known as Peter Tosh, was born. He was a core member of the Wailers and later had a successful solo career.
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An excellent Reggae Month conversation with Ibo Cooper. Check this outhttps://www.youtube.com/live/5Z4bwrv69Yw?si=ggAkQzuoSMQoQHWm
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Jamaica’s robotics team has emerged victorious at the Robotics Olympics held in Singapore from October 7 to 10. The team’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yav2iza8JC0 Copeland Forbes is one of the most influential people in the history of reggae music. He has been personal and tour manager for some of the most iconic personalities in music. He talks about his storied life with irietimes owner, Dreamy Riley.
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Check out A Twist of Life, a short film by Gina Parris Productions! A Twist of Life tells the tale of Avyanna Wolfe, a talented, differently abled person, who suffers from low self- esteem and because of that she tolerates Mercy's abuse. However, she does not let her unhappy experiences eclipse her love for drawing with her feet.
A Gina Parris production, A Twist of Life tells the tale of Avyanna Wolfe, a talented, differently abled person, who suffers from low self- esteem and becaus...
Check out this conversation with IrieTimes presenter Judith Falloon-Reid, presenter of island vybz and Joyful Noise on IrieTimes.com
Four-time 100m World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins the women’s 100m with the fastest time of the year so far at the 2022 Diamond League Paris with a meet record time of 10.67
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Watch, enjoy & subscribe!!!Thank you for having me on for Poetry Corner! It was The Real Stuff and lots of fun!
Judith Falloon Reid is an author, poet, screenwriter and filmmaker. She is the first Jamaican woman to visit Antarctica and her photo exhibit and film, entit...
Growing up with Jamaican parents is interesting, to say the least. With their many rules and habits, there's never a dull day.
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Dennis "DEN DEN" Hutchinson Shares On The Past Present & Future Of Jamaica's Football!!
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