Peter Anthony "Peetah" Morgan, lead singer of the Grammy-winning family reggae band Morgan Heritage, died Sunday of undisclosed causes. He was 46.
A cause of death was not disclosed.
His death, which Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness called a "colossal loss" for Jamaica and reggae music, was announced on social media by Morgan's family members.
Peetah Morgan founded the Morgan Heritage band with seven siblings – all children of the Jamaica-born singer Denroy Morgan – in 1994, though the group would eventually become a five-member band. Known for its melding of classic reggae with rock, soul, calypso, funk and other genres, Morgan Heritage became one of the genre's leading vocal groups.
Morgan Heritage won a Best Reggae Album Grammy in 2016 for its 2015 album Strictly Roots. Avrakedabra, its 2017 album, was Grammy-nominated in 2018.
February 25, 2024
Bunny Wailer, whose real name is Neville O'Riley Livingston, was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.
Bunny Wailer is one of the most iconic names in reggae music history. In 2017, he was awarded the Order of Merit, the fourth highest honor in Jamaica. Two years later, in 2019, he was again recognized by the Jamaican government for his overwhelming contribution to Jamaica’s popular music, with the Reggae Gold Award.
A three-time Grammy Award winner, he is considered one of the long-time standard-bearers of reggae music.
March 5, 2021.
Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford, who transformed the Jamaican art of toasting, or deejaying, from a sound system phenomenon into a hit-making art form that deeply influenced generations of dancehall artists as well as the formation of early hip-hop.
Respectfully referred to as The Teacher, The Originator or simply Daddy, U-Roy wasn't the best-known name in Jamaican music among an international audience, yet exerted an incalculable influence on the development of reggae and dancehall and its offshoots, most notably hip-hop.
RIP Daddy U Roy.
February 20, 2021
Johnny Nash, reggae-pop singer-songwriter who had U.S. hits with “I Can See Clearly Now,” “Stir It Up” and “Hold Me Tight,” died Tuesday at his home in Houston Texas. He was 80.
Nash scored a pop smash in 1972 with his self-penned “I Can See Clearly Now,” which spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He followed up that success with a cover of reggae legend Bob Marley’s “Stir It Up” that just missed the top 10.
Nash’s first big pop hit was “Hold Me Tight,” which reached No. 5 in 1968. But he remains best known for “I Can See Clearly Now,” the islands-tinged soft-rock classic that has been featured in dozens of films and TV shows and famously was covered by reggae icon Jimmy Cliff for the 1993 John Candy movie Cool Runnings.
He was even more popular in the UK, Guyana and the Caribbean where Nash had many Reggae top 10 singles and Pop/Oldies dance classics from 1962-75 including the No. 1 I Can See Clearly Now, Stir It Up, Hold Me Tight, Tears On My Pillow, Guava Jelly, Rock Me Baby, Lets Move And Groove Together, Ol' Man River, I'm Leaving, Moment Of Weakness, Don't Take Away Your Love, I've Got A Lot To Offer Darling, Loving You and many more.
Marley would be introduced to a new crop of fans in Great Britain as the opening act for Nash’s 1972 UK tour. While there, Marley was introduced to Chris Blackwell, who later would sign the reggae singer to his Island Records.
Johnny Nash (Aug, 1940 - Oct, 20200, singer, songwriter, actor and producer music and dance floor classics will live on forever. RIP
October 8, 2020
Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, O.J. was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals. A reggae pioneer, he performed for six decades and helped establish some of the fundamentals of reggae music. Hibbert's 1968 song "Do the Reggay" is widely credited as the genesis of the genre name reggae. His band's album True Love won a Grammy Award in 2005.
Toots first became widely known in 1966 for his recording of the song "Bam Bam" which won the Jamaican Independence Festival Popular Song Competition. That success was followed by "Do The Reggae" (the first song to ever include the word Reggae and name the genre), "Pressure Drop," "Sweet and Dandy" and "54-46 That's My Number."
Sept 12, 2020
The West Indian American Labor Day Carnival 2018 attracts the usual 2 million revelers representing the Caribbean culture and colors with music, dance, costumes, food, flags, powder, oil, steel pan, iron and beautiful people.
Eastern Parkway Brooklyn was the place to be on Labor Day September 3 . 2018 along with the other 2 million people to experience Carnival Caribbean styleee. From 11 am to 6 pm the parade of music and costumes was a peaceful day enjoyable for families and friends representing with flags from every Caribbean island and South America.
The 5-day festival begins at the Brooklyn Museum grounds from Thursday before Labor Day through the weekend and culminates in a spectacular New York Carnival Parade on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York. much to see here. So, take your time, look around, and learn all there is to know about us. We hope you enjoy our site and take a moment to drop us a line.
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