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 While his catalog thus far betrays no allegiance to any specific genre, singer Courtney John does admit to a "soft spot" for one particular variant."'You could say I was bitten by the rocksteady bug," he relates. "It's still a very under-appreciated genre. It kind of fell under the shadow of the emergent reggae of Marley, Tosh et al between the late 60s and early 70s. It was our soul music"That huge movement of "Jamaican Soul" as the artiste puts it is enjoying one of its best resurgences y... Continue reading ...
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OLD Stars, it seems, never die; they keep shining and thrilling wherever they pop up. Such was the case on Wednesday night last in the middle of Mandela Park as the Half-Way-Tree Live series revved up.  Queen Ifrica 
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The early vibe included classic and global dub from DJ Afifa and — for the young ones — storytelling with Paula Ann Porter-Jones. Before showtime, there was also 'juggling' from legendary sound King Sturgrav. Inside the park's sunken amphitheatre, a host of up-and-comers and (and s... Continue reading ...
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From left: Griot Music CEO, Seretse Small, addresses the Global Battle of the Bands Jamaica-leg winners, as judge Mikey Bennett applauds the Dubtonic Kru of Deleon 'Jubba' White, Omar 'Jalanzo' Johnson, Luke Dixon, Strickland Stone and Horace 'Kamau' Morgan last Saturday afternoon. - Photo by Mel Cooke For a few minutes at Redbones Blues Café, New Kingston, on Saturday afternoon, it seemed that Dubtonic Kru would not get to play. There were problems getting power to th... Continue reading ...
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Dubtonic Kru, a local dub band, beat nine other groups to win the local leg of the Global Battle of the Bands (GBoB) on Saturday at Red Bones, the Blues Café in Kingston. It means that the band will travel to Malaysia in February and compete in the global finals with a chance to win US$100,000.
"It was joyful sound and it was music that you didn't have to be Jamaican to love," local franchise holder Seretse Small told the Sunday Observer.
The judges were looking for the band with the greatest... Continue reading ...
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