“Third World founder gets emotional send-off.” Howard Campbell (Jamaica Observer) writes about the poignant tributes in honor of Ibo Cooper. As his casket entered University Chapel in St Andrew yesterday, the strains of Sata Masa Gana welcomed Ibo Cooper on his final journey. As his family led the procession out three hours later the former…
REGGAE artiste Warrior King remembers meeting Michael "Ibo" Cooper in the late 1990s. He said the late musician, composer, and educator became a father figure to him and was always willing to pro.
AS his casket entered University Chapel in St Andrew yesterday, the strains of Sata Masa Gana welcomed Ibo Cooper on his final journey. As his family led the procession out three hours later the f.
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Burnin on Island Records, The Wailers brought roots reggae, their Afro-centric Rastafari way of life (much maligned in Jamaica at the time of their emergence) and their dreadlocked hair, a covenant of that way of life, onto the international stage. The Wailers are to reggae what the Beatles are to rock n roll and pop music, Jamaican music-business veteran Copeland Forbes told NPR. When they walked into Chris Blackwell s Island Records office in London, he saw something special in them and against many warnings, he advanced them £4,000 to make an album.
Forbes, who has worked with some of the reggae industry s biggest names, including Marley, Tosh, Jimmy Cliff and Marcia Griffiths, has a memoir,