The Aggrovators were one of Jamaica’s finest session bands. Many of the tracks you know and love from the 1970’s Reggae scene probably featured this group of musicians in some shape or form. The band …

The African Brothers were formed in 1969 by three Kingston teenagers, Lincoln “Sugar” Minott, Winston “Tony Tuff” Morris, and Derrick “Bubbles” Howard. The three met when Howard went to play ball and came upon Minott …

Composer, singer, and pianist Theophilus Beckford has been immortalized as “Easy Snappin’,” a nickname given to him after the epochal song he composed in the late ’50s. This groundbreaking hit has resonated throughout reggae, with …

The ball seldom bounced the talented Chantells’ way. Beset with personal problems, the Jamaicans’ laundry list of issues caused what could have been a promising career to end abruptly. The Chantells’ — Samuel Bramwell, Tommy …

A classic Jamaican rocksteady harmony trio, the Cables (Keeble Drummond, Elbert Stewart, and Vince Stoddard) came together in the late ’60s, and although they produced some of the best cuts in the genre, they were …

A duo comprised of Cedric Myton and Roydel “Ashanti” Johnson, the Congos are known primarily known for one record, Heart of the Congos, released in 1977. Reggae historian Steve Barrow, one of the people behind …

Ernest Wilson (born: Fitzroy Ernest Wilson) and Peter Austin were still teenagers when they formed the Clarendonians, in 1965. Expanded into a trio, with the addition of seven year old singing sensation, Freddie McGregor, the …

Essentially a mouthpiece for singer and songwriter Leonard Dillon, the Ethiopians were one of Jamaica’s most influential vocal groups during their heyday. Not only did the duo (completed by Stephen Taylor) spearhead the transition between …

For over three decades, Albert Griffiths and his Gladiators have been a major force within Jamaican. Born in 1946, in St. Elizabeth parish, he grew up in poverty in Trench Town, and trained as a …

Renowned rocksteady harmony trio the Gaylads was formed in 1963 by Kingston-born vocalists Harris “B.B.” Seaton and Winston Delano Stewart, who as the duo of Winston & Bibby previously enjoyed a series of Coxsone Dodd-produced …