LEONARD PERCIVAL HOWELL (June 16, 1898 – February 25, 1981), also known as The Gong or G.G. Maragh (for Gong Guru). He was the first Rasta preacher alongside Joseph Hibbert, Archibald Dunkley and Robert Hinds and is known by many as The … [Read more...] about LEONARD HOWELL: THE FIRST RASTA
Roots
FEATURED ARTIST: MARLON BROWN
Marlon Brown was born in Kingston Jamaica and loved music and signing from a young age. He taught himself to play the guitar and could be seen walking barefoot with his guitar in tow everywhere he went. Life was a struggle but he never gave … [Read more...] about FEATURED ARTIST: MARLON BROWN
UPRISING RELEASE ANNIVERSARY
Uprising was the last album by Bob Marley to be released in his lifetime. Less than one year later he would be dead from cancer. The day Uprising reached the shops on 10 June 1980, Bob Marley and the Wailers opened for Fleetwood Mac at … [Read more...] about UPRISING RELEASE ANNIVERSARY
BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO JOE HIGGS
Joseph Benjamin "Joe" Higgs was born 03 June, 1940 in Kingston and was instrumental in the foundation of modern Jamaican music, first recording in 1958 for producer and businessman (and later Jamaican Prime Minister) Edward Seaga, both as a … [Read more...] about BLESSED EARTH STRONG TO JOE HIGGS
11 MAY 1981 – BOB MARLEY LOSES BATTLE WITH CANCER
40 years ago, on May 11, 1981 ROBERT NESTA MARLEY lost his battle with cancer. In July 1977, Marley was found to have a acral lentiginous melanoma under the nail of a toe. Contrary to urban legend, this lesion was not caused by an injury … [Read more...] about 11 MAY 1981 – BOB MARLEY LOSES BATTLE WITH CANCER