Tryone Downie JARIA Honour Award AcceptaTYRONE DOWNIE ACCEPTANCE MESSAGE I am truly, deeply honoured to be recognised by my peers, for whom I have much unwavering respect- this is my first award in all my years ... READMORE |
King Stur Gav Hi Fi JARIA Honour Award 2Category: SOUND SYSTEM HONOUR AWARD Awardee: KING STUR GAV HI FI During the turbulent 1970's when Rockers was the order of the day, the sound system began to take on a more ... READMORE |
Willie Lindo JARIA Honour Award 2010 CitCategory: PRODUCERS HONOUR AWARD Awardee: WILLIE LINDO Call the name Willie Lindo and all accomplished musicians and artistes who have been around for the last thirty years, will give you nods ... READMORE |
Desmond Dekker JARIA Honour Award 2010 CCategory: POSTHUMOUS HONOUR AWARD Awardee: DESMOND DEKKER Desmond Dekker is one of the esteemed few singer-songwriters to have had hits in the Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae genres. Born Desmond Adolphus Dacres, July ... READMORE |
Tyrone Downie JARIA Honour Award 2010 CiCategory: MUSICIANS HONOUR AWARD Awardee: TYRONE DOWNIE Tyrone Ralph Downie is a musician whose contribution to the Jamaican music industry has gone for far too long without celebration or recognition Born May 20, ... READMORE |
Steven Stanley JARIA Honour Award 2010 CCategory: ENGINEERS HONOUR AWARD Awardee: STEVEN STANLEY Steven ‘Youth Sound’ Stanley is an audio engineer, record producer and keyboardist of international repute who has worked in the Reggae, Dub, Synth and ... READMORE |
Gladstone Anderson JARIA Honour Award 20Category: MUSICIANS HONOUR AWARD Awardee: GLADSTONE ANDERSON Gladstone Anderson is a Jamaican pianist, keyboard player and singer, who has played on hundreds of recordings as a session musician. Though his contributions to ... READMORE |
Earl "Chinna" Smith JARIA Honour Award 2Category: LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HONOUR AWARD Awardee: EARL 'CHINNA' SMITH Although his incomparable work with the legendary Soul Syndicate band is well known, the musical accomplishments of Jamaica's premier lead guitarist, Earl 'Chinna' ... READMORE |
Doreen Shaffer JARIA Honour Award 2010 CCategory: ARTISTE HONOUR AWARD Awardee: DOREEN SHAFFER Female artistes have always made a lasting impression on Jamaican entertainment, though many times their work goes uncelebrated. One of the earliest female pioneers of ... READMORE |
Donovan Germain JARIA Honour Award 2010Category: PRODUCERS HONOUR AWARD Awardee: DONOVAN GERMAIN Donovan Germain is considered one of the most significant contemporary producers in Jamaica and one of the first Jamaican producers to build rhythm tracks ... READMORE |
Afrique Sound Station JARIA Honour AwardCategory: SOUND SYSTEM HONOUR AWARD Awardee: AFRIQUE SOUND STATION The Afrique Sound Station is possibly the most known non-Jamaican based sound system representing Jamaican music and Dancehall culture. In November 1987, Claude ‘Super ... READMORE |
Sonny Bradshaw JARIA Honour Ward 2010 CiCategory: MENTORSHIP HONOUR AWARD Awardee: SONNY BRADSHAW Born in 1926, Cecil ‘Sonny’ Bradshaw, OD was a pioneering multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, arranger, producer, teacher, journalist, broadcaster, musicologist, activist, social worker and cultural vanguard, ... READMORE |
Errol Dunkley JARIA Honour Award 2010 CiCategory: ARTISTE HONOUR AWARD Awardee: ERROL DUNKLEY Errol Dunkley is one of Jamaica’s unsung singers from the Rocksteady and early Reggae eras. Born in Kingston in 1951, his recording career began in 1965, ... READMORE |
Lyn Tait JARIA Honour Award 2010 CitatioCategory: POSTHUMOUS HONOUR AWARD Awardee: LYNN TAITT Lynn Taitt is a secret hero of Jamaican music. He is the famous musician who is not famous enough, if only for his pioneering contribution ... READMORE |
Errol Brown JARIA Honour Award 2010 CitaCategory: ENGINEERS HONOUR AWARD Awardee: ERROL BROWN During the formative years of the 1960’s the studio engineer was a crucial lynch pin in the production of the island’s popular music. It was ... READMORE |
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Reggae Month Sub-Committee Video Playlist
