Notes from the 'Peace' concert
Three months before the concert, Island Records released Marley's Kaya album. One of the evening's most memorable comments came from Peter Tosh: "Dis concert here whey dem sey is a peace concert, I man neva did a go come innu. Ah wonder if many people realise what the word peace means?
Carol Campbell: The terror of Royal Palm Estate
ON APRIL 27, Carol Campbell returns to Royal Palm Estate in her role as Jennifer Chambers, the feisty social climber viewers love to hate. Campbell, who has occupied that slot for the 14 years that the series has been in existence, says it's something she loves to do...
Celebrating 50 years of Randy's
A THREE-DISC set looking at the history of Randy's Records will be released in October, a spokesperson for VP Records said last week. Clive Chin, whose father Vincent started Randy's in October 1959, said the project will commemorate the label's 50th anniversary. Two of the discs...
Icon: Hugh Mundell
Claim to fame: Roots-reggae singer whose album Africa Must Be Free By 1983 remains one of the genre's critically acclaimed works. Recorded in 1978 when Mundell was 16; produced by Augustus Pablo. The influential Rolling Stone magazine gave the album an astounding five stars.
Something extra
Somewhere in the great beyond, the Henriques brothers (Emmanuel, Rudolph, Vernon, Horace, Owen and Fabian) are smiling.Their creation, Henriques Brothers, now known as Kingston Industrial Garage (KIG), celebrated the century milestone...
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