Born Huford Brown, 25 November 1956, Waterhouse, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Brown began his career DJing on the Silver Bullet Sound System in ... more
Born Ewart Beckford, 1942, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. U-Roy began as a sound system DJ in 1961, spinning records for the Doctor Dickies set, ... more
Based in south London, England, æ-Ziq is effectively studio musician Mike Paradinas (born 18 June 1971), although he has also worked in tandem ... more
Born Upalappu Srinivas, 28 February 1969, Andhra Pradesh, India. Srinivas first picked up the electric mandolin at six years of age and, with the ... more
Born Huary Perry Wilson, 4 September 1934, Catto Parish, Louisiana, USA, d. 22 September 2004, Paris, France. Wilson learned to play on his ... more
Indisputably one of the most popular rock acts in the world, this Irish quartet's achievements since the late 70s have been extraordinarily cohesive ... more
Born Alex Christensen, Hamburg, Germany. The German producer and DJ whose single, "Das Boot", reached the UK Top 20 in 1992. A revision of a ... more
Named after the form issued to unemployed people in the UK to receive benefit, UB40 are the most long-lasting proponents of crossover reggae in the ... more
