All Entries in the "Interviews" Category
King Jammy BBC Interview
Lloyd James, born in Kingston, Jamaica, better known as Prince Jammy and later King Jammy, began his career as a protege of dub legend King Tubby. For the first few years of his career, Jammy almost exclusively made Dub. In the 1980s, he became one of the most influential producers of dancehall music. His biggest hit was 1985’s “(Under Me) Sleng Teng” by Wayne Smith, [...]
Peter Tosh Interview (August, 1983)
August, 1983: Peter Tosh was the most popular reggae singer in the world (Bob Marley was dead). His credentials were myriad and impeccable. He was a founding member of the Wailers with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer in 1964, in the Trenchtown slum of Kingston, Jamaica. He taught Bob Marley to play guitar. He left [...]
Mikey Dread Interview
Exclusive Interview with Mikey Dread by ‘JumpUp’
conducted close to his passing…
How did you get the title ‘Dread at the Controls?’ Was this from your time with JBC radio in JA?
MD: Yes that was the beginning of that era at the radio controls at JBC when Rasta run it for the people and now [...]
Tenor Saw Interview – August 1986
I started by singing on sound system, right? Youth Promotion, Sugar Minott’s sound. I start singing on Youth Promotion and singing some songs in dance and that’s where the people really first know me from.
Watty Burnett Interview
Watty Burnett is featured in dozens of seminal reggae recordings, most notably with Lee Perry/The Congos, and with Mikey Dread.
DJ Dennis Alcapone Interview
Dennis Alcapone (born Dennis Smith, Clarendon, Jamaica, 1947) was one of the first reggae deejays, who, along with U Roy, turned toasting over records into an art form. Voicing rhythms in a distinctive, half-sung style, he worked with a who’s who of Jamaica producers including Duke Reid,Coxsone Dodd, Keith Hudson and Bunny Lee, cutting an incredible number of records [...]
Johnny Clarke: None Shall Escape
Johnny Clarke is the prototype ‘dancehall’ singer of his day, setting the foundation for future generations to come with versioning, recutting and/or transforming old themes into something new and current. He pioneered this thirty years back but the works still stand as an everlasting monument, or should I say ‘testament’, for an era that seemed [...]
Kiddus I: Black Ark Experience
Q: What was the teamwork with Perry like there, in producing these tracks? How do you recall the recordings down at the Ark?
A: Yeah, I was maybe at the time – he had more respect for me I would say than maybe ninety percent of other artists. Because even in his transition, when he was [...]
SQUEEZING UP THE WORLD!
October 19, 2007
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SQUEEZING UP THE WORLD!
October 19, 2007
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