2011. ...recordings). Unmissable singles collection documenting the early days of the man the world will always remember as the "Godfather of Ska". Born in Cuba in 1927 but raised in Jamaica, Laurel Aitke..

2017. The calypso of the Caribbean includes a range of genres, including the benna genre of Antiguan and Barbudan music, mento, a style of Jamaican folk music that greatly influenced ska and reggae, ska, the precurs..

1986. Musicians Chieli Minucci.......electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, drums and bass programming David Mann.......soprano and tenor saxophones Jerry Brooks....bass Fernando Saunders.....fretless bass, v..

1985. Musicians Chieli Minucci.......Pensa-Suhr and Hohner electric guitars, Scharpach acoustic guitar, Gibson 1970 SG electric guitar, Orozco classical guitar, Gibson Chet Atkins electric/acoustic guitar, Ovatio..

1989. Musicians Chieli Minucci.......electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards, drums and bass programming Jerry Brooks....bass Dave Anderson.....fretless bass Steve Skinner.......drum programming, keyboards, syn..

1983. 1. Stars In Your Eyes (Chieli Minucci, Emanuel Kallins) 2. Got It Goin' On 3. Good Times Ahead 4. Love Is Always Young (Ulpio Minucci, Mark Roberts) 5. Chic 6. Deeper Than Deep 7. Destin..

2019. It was "Duke" Reid from Western Kingston who developed this beat based on the indigenous music of Jamaica. It was way back in 1952 and then "Duke" called it 'Rhythm 'n Blues'. Exciting, hyp..

2020. Brownswood are delighted to present Zara McFarlane's 'Songs Of An Unknown Tongue', a masterful work that underlines her continuous growth as an artist. Zara's fourth studio album pushes the boundaries of jazz..

2021. Mento was the original Jamaican folk music that predates ska and reggae. Played exclusively on acoustic instruments, Mento was based on both African and European elements. The 1950s were Mento's golden era dur..

1969. Ska bandleader Carlos Malcolm was an underappreciated figure of the music's early days, and also made some recordings in New York in a more Americanized vein. A native of Kingston, Malcolm received for..