Toppa Top 10: Ten Essential Mento Tunes

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October 25, 2011


5. Harold Richardson and the Ticklers, “Healing in the Balmyard” (Mento Madness)



Very popular on the early sound systems, this song written by Everald Williams, who is perhaps the most under-recognized songwriter in Jamaica’s history. A balm yard was a place where you’d go to meet with the “balm man,” a person who would use herbs, oils and rituals to “cure” you of whatever malady you suffer from.