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Marcia Griffiths is a well-known and established reggae legend in her own right commonly referred to as the Queen of Reggae. She began her career as a solo singer, scored a British top 5 with "Young, Gifted and Black" alongside
Bob Andy before becoming 1/3 of the
I-Threes a.k.a.
Bob Marley's backing vocalists, or his three little birds as he preferred to call them. The Wailers were renamed
Bob Marley & The Wailers when
Peter Tosh and
Bunny Wailer left and replaced with the I-Threes, recorded what became the transitional album
Natty Dread which featured Bob Marley's breakout international hit "No Woman, No Cry" and the rest as they say is history. Well, we are talking Bob Marley where it has become legend.
Marvin Sparks had the pleasure of speaking to Marcia Griffiths to celebrate the 30th anniversary Bob Marley's passing.
On 25 October 2010, the music world lost legend Gregory Isaacs in physical form following a battle with liver cancer. A legend never really dies though, and Isaacs is testament to that as he lives on through a slew of classics. Isaacs’ career started out in the late 1960s, becoming one of the most highly touted reggae exports by the late ‘70s. Despite two major label record deals his mainstream career didn’t take off as some hoped, but he remained an elite reggae artist until his passing. And really, who judges music on mainstream success anyway?
Leading reggae and dancehall label VP collaborate with renowned saxophonist/producer Dean Fraser to spruce up many of the Cool Ruler's anthems on We Remember Gregory Isaacs.
As I sit here on the bus, composing this piece on my BlackBerry, the guy next to me has his headphones up real loud. He can't be that old, 14 or so. I'd usually be annoyed, but today I'm not. It's 'Billie Jean'. It’s such a familiar and distinctive sound, I’d spot it from a mile off. There's not many souls who wouldn’t recognise that drum intro, bass line and 3 note synth motif. Even though the album is as old as I am, 