Content tagged as judy mowatt.
ERNEST RANGLIN INTERVIEWED (1999): Ska pioneer
What becomes a legend most? In the case
of Ernest Ranglin, good humour and modesty.
This legend of Jamaican singlehandedly
created ska back in the Fifties; recorded the young Bob Marley;
arranged Millie Small’s international hit My Boy Lollipop in 64;
enjoyed a jazz career in London, New York and Florida; and in the
early-to-mid...
> reggae/3414/ernest-ranglin-interviewed-1999-ska-pioneer/
LEE SCRATCH PERRY IN THE 90s: Getting dub'n'reggae through time tuff
By the early 90s - a decade on from the death of Bob Marley - the consciousness reggae movement he headed was floundering internationally. In New Zealand, where reggae is one of the bloodlines, it was disappearing from radio and aside from well attended appearances by Judy Mowatt and Ziggy Marley concerts it really was “time tough,”...
> reggae/1864/lee-scratch-perry-in-the-90s-getting-dubnreggae-through-time-tuff/
JUDY MOWATT INTERVIEWED (1990): The black queen arises
Judy Mowatt wears her unofficial title
“the queen of reggae" easily. A striking figure of regal
bearing, she holds her head high, and, as a member of The Twelve
Tribes of Israel, talks as easily about the Queen of Sheba in ancient
times as she does about Yellowman, and DJ dancehall stars in Jamaica
today – and shows a canny...
> reggae/3352/judy-mowatt-interviewed-1990-the-black-queen-arises/
BOB MARLEY; TALKIN' BLUES: The Rastaman chanting down Babylon in 1973
Shortly after Bob Marley died in May ‘81 a journalist asked former-Wailer Peter Tosh what the passing of this charismatic reggae figure meant.
Tosh considered the matter carefully, then offered this insightful -- but eloquently, unusually -- observation: “No more music from Bob.”
Rasta/Zen reduction right there. And...
> reggae/2346/bob-marley-talkin-blues-the-rastaman-chanting-down-babylon-in-1973/
DAMIAN MARLEY INTERVIEWED (2006): Maintaining the family standard
The most common complaint from those who have stardom thrust upon them -- the tabloid coverage and paparazzi, the private chef serving you rather than some kid on minimum wage -- is that nothing prepares you for this life.
Okay, it’s tough at the top -- it’s not that easy at the bottom however -- and no, you can’t go to...
> reggae/2194/damian-marley-interviewed-2006-maintaining-the-family-standard/
