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 [...]
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 [...]
The Jolly Boys – Iron Bar – Free Download
MENTO was the music of the Jamaican dancehalls before ska, rocksteady and reggae came along. A people’s music typically played in the countryside on acoustic–sometimes homemade–instruments, it dates to the late 19th century. Its lyrics generally dealt with rude or slack topics, or addressed the social issues of the day. Although often confused with calypso (largely [...]
THE JOLLY BOYS:Half a Century of Mento Madness
Taken from www.jollyboysmusic.com Written and researched by Dr. Daniel Neely, Pls. check out www.jollyboysmusic.com and become a fan on facebook @ facebook.com/jollyboys In winter of 1946, Errol Flynn purchased Navy Island for the princely sum of US$80,000. For the next decade that small swath of land, not even 100 yards from the beaches of Port [...]
Money Ova Man – Ikaya
MI like this video and tune by Ikaya…
Granny by General Degree
This was i tune i knew/know even now word for word. I used to love listen to this tune. It run inna mi head today. Big up to General Degree.