Jamaica Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Reggae Icon Max Romeo Gone at 80

April 16, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Jamaica, Lee Scratch Perry, Max Romeo, Reggae, RIP

Farewell to one of the greatest roots rockers in Jamaican culture

Jamaica Farewell: Harry Belafonte Gone at 96

April 26, 2023February 19, 2024 j. poet 0 Comments Banana Boat Song (Day-O), Calypso, Harry Belafonte, Hugh Masakela, Jamaica, Jump In The Line, Miriam Makeba, RIP

Remembering the Calypso titan who graced both stage and screen

Dub/Reggae Soundtracks and Film Scores

You’ll Succeed At Last: The Harder They Come at 50

July 7, 2022February 19, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Island Records, Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff, Kingston, The Harder They Come, The Melodians, Toots and the Maytals

Jimmy Cliff’s most essential album can still be considered the best reggae has to offer even 50 years on

Reggae Remembrance

LISTEN: Farewell, Bunny Wailer

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Jamaica, Peter Tosh, Reggae, RIP

The last surviving member of the original Wailers was 73

Soul

Visiting Jimmy Cliff’s Birthplace After Thirty Years of Adoring His Music

February 14, 2018December 16, 2021 Ken Kurson 1 Comment Bad Manners, Barrington Levy, Bob Marley, Eddy Grant, Jamaica, Jimmy Cliff, Junior Murvin, Kanye), Madness, Paul Simonon, Sister Nancy, ska, The Clash, The English Beat, The Equals, The Harder They Come, The Specials, Toots and the Maytals

Jimmy Cliff in France, 2012 (Wiki) There’s no way to write about visiting Jamaica on a cruise ship without coming off like Michael Scott wearing a braid after his trip to Sandals. Nevertheless, my insistence, dreaded by my children, on venturing into the actual real life of these magical places we are occasionally fortunate to visit, is the most rewarding part of our trips together. While our fellow passengers are ziplining