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New release from MAKU Soundsystem!

New release from MAKU Soundsystem!

Peace & Rhythm is very excited to announce today (July 20) the new release by MAKU Soundsystem, 5 Fuegos!

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Prince Jazzbo / Sept 3, 1951 - Sept 11, 2013

Prince Jazzbo / Sept 3, 1951 - Sept 11, 2013

The underrated roots reggae toaster Prince Jazzbo was born on this day in 1951 with the given name Linval Roy Carter. Like every other Kingston youth, he started off working the sound systems before starting his recording career in the early '70s with Studio 1, Upsetter and others for producers Lee "Scratch" Perry, Bunny Lee, Glen Brown as well as for his own Ujama label, which he created in '77. He hit with "Crabwalking" (an update on Horace Andy's "Skylarking") in '72. He is the dude on "Croaking Lizard" on the Super Ape album by Perry. And he and I-Roy...

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Junior Delgado / Aug 25, 58-4/11/2005

Junior Delgado / Aug 25, 58-4/11/2005

Happy born day to one of my favorite reggae singers, the rootical Junior Delgado. Born Oscar Hibbert in Kingston, he was nephew to musician Lenny Hibbert. As a teenager in the early '70s he was a member of the vocal group Time Unlimited, which recorded for Lee "Scratch" Perry, Duke Reid, Tommy Cowan and Bunny Lee. The group scored a hit with "Reaction" (reissued on Pressure Sounds!). He recorded as Junior Hibbert in the mid '70s with Rupie Edwards and after changing his name to his longtime nickname Delgado he got cracking on even more material: "Everyday Natty" with Niney...

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Joe Strummer / Aug 21, 1952 - Dec 22, 2002

Joe Strummer / Aug 21, 1952 - Dec 22, 2002

Happy birthday to rock hero John Graham Mellor aka Joe Strummer!! Thanks for the great music with one of the greatest rock bands ever, The Clash, as well as your other projects.

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Yabby You / Aug 14, 1946 - Jan 12, 2010

Yabby You / Aug 14, 1946 - Jan 12, 2010

Producer and vocalist Yabby You was one of reggae's most original characters as he was a Christian with dreadlocks, not a Rastafarian. That is how he came to be called "the Jesus Dread". Vivian Jackson grew up in extreme poverty in the ghettos of Kingston JA. Working at a blast furnace at age 12, he became partially crippled from malnutrition and lost the job as a result. Finding no promise in the streets, he was given a chance by King Tubby to cut an original single at Tubby's studio. "Conquering Lion" was released in 1972 and went straight to the...

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