REVERED reggae band Third World will commemorate its 50th anniversary next year in a big way.
In an interview with the Jamaica Observer on Friday at the Couples Tower Isle resort in St Mary, one of Th.
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The artiste, given name Patrick Thompson, was just 27 when he died. His brother, reggae gospel singer and ordained minister Papa San, recalled that the entire family was shaken by the tragedy. Dirtsman s death was a shocking thing for me and for many years it was a struggle, he told
THE STAR. We have learned to move forward but it doesn t mean the memory isn t there. It happened close to Christmas, around his time of the year which we know if he was alive he would enjoy every moment with us.
The youngest brother, musician Maurice Gregory (they all have the same mother), said he did not have as many childhood memories of Dirtsman, as he lived with their mother while his brothers lived with their dad.
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Hallelujah speaks to Christmas; however, Jamaican singer and songwriter Khalia said it became a popular tune for the holiday season in the United Kingdom, where she was raised for the major part of her life.
There are several renditions of the song floating around the airwaves rewritten, rerecorded and reinterpreted by everyone from Welsh composer John Cale, American rock band Bon Jovi and hitmaker Bob Dylan to Texas-based a cappella group Pentatonix, who featured the song on one of their many Christmas albums. Alexandra Burke also released her cover after winning the fifth series of the British television series,
It was almost midnight in Italy, but Maurice Gregory was up and about. The Grammy Award-winning producer and musician tells The Sunday Gleaner that the pandemic may have affected the music industry, but “it has not impeded on my doing what I love”.
That love – music – has taken Gregory on many tours across the world, and he has had the dream to go on a tour of his own ever since first touring at the age of 18 with Jamaican vocalist Justin Hinds, known for the ska hit Carry Go Bring Come.
He also did a stint on the north coast hotel scene, where he became a part of SANE (which stood for Sound Against Negative Expression), a band that played for artistes such as Tony Rebel, Judy Mowatt, and Freddie McGregor in the early ‘90s and eventually served as the main backing band for Reggae Sumfest at its start.