Tommy McCook

Across artistic disciplines and through all periods, one observes a frightening number of Jamaican artistes ending up by the wayside or fall short of achieving their full capabilities due to overindulgence, psychoses, or utter disillusionment. Read More

Family, friends and colleagues turned out at the Gants Hill Methodist Church in Essex, England, on Tuesday to pay tribute to bandleader Sonny Bradshaw, who died October 10 in London. Read More

We heard last Sunday from our dear friend, Myrna Hague that her husband, Sonny Bradshaw (83) passed away late on Saturday night (10 October) in a London hospital. Read More

Oswald 'Count Ossie' Williams' influence extended far beyond the camp in Rockfort, east Kingston, where he hosted extended music sessions in which the drums and brass instruments featured heavily. Read More

For a moment it still seems like 1996 on Leonard Street in front of the grungy Knitting Factory club in New York City. Legions of teenaged ska kids loiter in front of the TriBeCa institution, dressed in their two-tone uniforms of stylish rebellion: black-and-white checkered ties, pork pie hats, and suspenders dotted with pins declaring their allegiance to mid-'90s bands like the Slackers and Reel Big Fish. They're here for Three Floors of Ska, a semi-annual event that attracts a 600-strong crowd primarily from the suburbs in Long Island and New Jersey, featuring ten bands and DJs playing the Knitting Factory's three stages. Read More