
"The children crying for hunger and I man a suffer so you got to see, it's just collie that feeds me... fifty cents a stick, and a dollar a quarter, that's what keeps me alive, me and my two kids and wife..." A lovely plea to a district constable by some poor guy who´s just trying to make a living by selling his harvest of collie - aka herb aka ganja , I´m sure you know what we´re talking about here - somewhere down in [...]
Sugar Minott - Tune In (mp3) Lies and tall tales Cats chasing tails ______________________________ ____________ * Dream Cat by C Robin Janning (2008) * Macskafogó (Cat City) dir. Béla Ternovszky (1986) * Tune In by Sugar Minott (1985)

Johnny Osbourne , like many of his countrymen, emigrated to Toronto during the '70s. Osbourne's relocation came after a short stint as lead singer of The Wildcats in 1967 and upon his arrival in Toronto, the singer fell in with other transplanted Jamaican musicians that coalesced around Thunder Sound Studio. During his time in there, Osbourne released a number of singles as well as recording an album with Ishan People . Moving back to Jamaica in '79, Osbourne began recording for Coxsonne Dodd what would become Truths and [...]

Audiversity's weekly column, slightly modified, on random music in a predetermined number of words between 1 & 150. This week's randomly generated number: 101 MA: Not really a collection for diehard diggers of the genre, but one of the latest Heartbeat Records compilations, When Rhythm Was King , culls some of the best pairings between Studio One's impeccable rhythm section and Jamaica's top vocalists. Besides choice cuts from Alton Ellis, Johnny Osbourne, Dennis Brown and Dillinger among others, it also includes maybe [...]
On reflection, probably not. Download "Half A Love" (mp3) from "Rare Gems"by Sugar MinottEasy Star Records Buy at iTunes Music Store...