Every Sunday night at Timbuktu in Riverwest, Eric Blowtorch spins killer slabs of Jamaican music, from the days of pre-ska r&b right up to current sounds, with his Mighty Django Hi-Fi set. Here's the ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Dr. Olive Lewin—renowned Jamaican musicologist, folklorist, singer, actress, and community servant—transitioned last week at the age of ...
He began his career during the 1950s folk revival and continued to record — and helped orchestrate “We Are the World” — while pursing his many other artistic and political interests. By Jon Pareles ...
Irving Burgie, a songwriter whose adaptation of the traditional Jamaican folk song "Day-O" became one of the definitive calypso songs of the 20th Century, died on Friday. He was 95. Burgie died as a ...