Jolly Boys in NY: New York Times Review
Reprints February 25, 2011 With Island Spice, and Years of Seasoning, Old is New Again By JON PARELES The Jolly Boys returned to New York City for their first public show here in decades like a Model T with a new CD player in the dashboard. At Hiro Ballroom on Thursday night, they had material [...]
Jolly Boys: (Billboard Magazine Article)
Jolly Boys: Why GeeJam Recordings Launched with a Septuagenarian Jamaican Mento Band March 11, 2011 By Patricia Meschino, New York 70-Somethings: Jamaican Mento Group the Jolly Boys, who now cover Amy Winehouse and Iggy Pop,once played For Errol Flynn Eleven years after he sold his UK-based hip-hop label Gee Street Records to Richard Branson’s [...]
THE JOLLY BOYS JOIN SADE AS SPECIAL GUESTS
THE JOLLY BOYS JOIN SADE AS SPECIAL GUESTS Following a personal invitation from Sade, Jamaica’s legendary and iconic The Jolly Boys have announced that they will join Sade on their European tour this spring. The Jolly Boys, once the toast of Jamaica with their traditional ‘mento’ music, have after five decades been enjoying a [...]
San, Kirk awesome at Fun in the Son
Gospel artiste Kirk Franklin (right) makes faces with Christopher Levy, president and chief executive officer of Jamaica Broilers Group, at the Fun in the Son festival and fun day at Jamaica College last Saturday. The event, a mixture of entertainment and Christian ministry, was sponsored by Broilers’ flagship brand, Best Dressed Chicken. – Winston Sill/Freelance [...]
Some old press articles that i had something to do with … pt.1
His ‘Second Chance’ came in a club, published by the Jamaica Gleaner This dude, I met in florida, good vibes he has. I did 2 albums with him, his name is Ewart Blake also known as Second Chance. We started a studio together in florida and then i came back to Jamaica. The albums is [...]