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  2. Category:Music of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Music of Jamaica" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.

  3. Music of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Reggae is especially popular through the fame of Bob Marley .

  4. Theophilus Beckford - Wikipedia

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    Beckford was born in 1935 in Trench Town, Kingston, Jamaica, the second of three sons. [1] [2] He learned to play piano at the Boys' Town home for indigent boys in west Kingston, initially inspired by Rosco Gordon and Fats Domino, [2] and on leaving bought a piano and began working with producer Stanley Motta, backing local calypsonians. [3]

  5. Fabulous Five Inc. - Wikipedia

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    The Fabulous Five Inc. (also known as Fab 5) is a reggae and soca band formed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. Over a 45-year career, they have released 26 albums, had many number 1 hits in Jamaica, and were the featured musicians on Johnny Nash's platinum album I Can See Clearly Now.

  6. List of Caribbean music genres - Wikipedia

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    The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Mento, often considered Jamaica's first popular music genre, developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

  7. Earl Lindo - Wikipedia

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    Earl Wilberforce "Wire" Lindo (7 January 1953 – 4 September 2017), [1] [2] sometimes referred to as Wya (the way it is pronounced), was a Jamaican reggae musician. He was a member of Bob Marley and the Wailers and collaborated with numerous reggae artists including Burning Spear .

  8. Folkes Brothers - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, a new group (now consisting Mico Folkes and Eric J. Folkes) recorded an album with their close musician friend, Jah D, in efforts to help promote his studio, while Jah D provided background music for 15 of the Folkes brothers' songs, solely written by Mico and Eric J. "Junior". The original group was created by John.

  9. I Wayne - Wikipedia

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    I Wayne was raised by his aunt and her husband Ansell Collins, a renowned keyboard player. [1] This young artist has been refining his craft since age seven. Coming from a musical family, I Wayne had first made his venture into performance as a student at Greater Portmore High School, joining a local group Vibes Machine. [2]