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Got back yesterday from spending a week in Kingston, Jamaica at the aptly named “Global Reggae Conference” held at the University of the West Indies, Mona. There, I presented a paper about mento music’s role in the 1968 Festival Song Competition on… read more >>
August 11, 1921 – August 13 2007 [dailymotion id=12x6bSM2C1JevjyIf]
Today the ARChive got a package from Sanctuary Records that included some really amazing albums. In the glamorous world of ARChiving, what happens normally is that material shows up, it gets cataloged and it gets put away. Now and again, we pull… read more >>
One afternoon in late 2002 (November?), while I was living in Jamaica doing fieldwork on mento for my dissertation, I bumped into Colby Graham at the National Library’s circulation desk. I don’t exactly remember why we started talking – maybe someone suggested… read more >>
This month’s issue of The Beat arrived today. Although it’s special because it’s the “25th Annual Bob Marley and the Wailers Collectors Edition,” it has particular meaning for me because it includes two obituaries I wrote about friends who have recently passed:… read more >>