Throwback Thursdays: Early Days with Yami Bolo
Take a time machine back to Kingston, Jamaica circa 1985 with these stories and photos from Yami Bolo and Beth Lesser.
LargeUp Interview: Cocoa Tea on ‘In A Di Red,’ Payola + Being a ‘Slow Leak’ Artist
Words by Sherman Escoffery, Photos by Niketa Thomas—
Calvin Scott, known simply as Cocoa Tea, is a humble singer who once worked as a fisherman. In order to understand his latest album, In A Di Red (ou... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Beth Lesser’s Most Essential Foundation Dancehall Tunes
Words and Photo by Beth Lesser—
With her latest book Rub A Dub Style, dancehall historian/photographer and Reggae Quarterly founder Beth Lesser is taking a comprehensive look back at dancehall's emergen... Read More...
Sound Read: “Rub A Dub Style” Recounts Dancehall’s First Decade
Words by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Beth Lesser—
Tiger and Earl Wire Lindo
The co-founder (with her husband, David Kingston) of '80s zine Reggae Quarterly, Beth Lesser's vast collection of photographs from... Read More...
Good Thing Going: Reggae Historian Beth Lesser’s New Sugar Minott Book
Words by Jesse Serwer, via The Hype Life and Shimmy Shimmy
Last summer reggae lost one of its great, and most unsung, icons in sweet-voiced Sugar Minott. Here's how we remembered the dancehall pioneer's ... Read More...