Dancehall fans,
here he is, the original Mr. "Gangalee" himself-- Mr. "I wanna be free
from all chains and all bangles and rope/Free from all bars and all
borders and dope/Free to praise the Lord because mi naw praise the
Pope/So mind how yuh a wash yuh face wid Babylon soap/I was born to be
free 'cause mi a ole gangalee/Gangalee and who have eyes they will
see." (taken from the hit song "Gangalee.")
The talented
ladies in Reggae have historically taken a back seat to the popularity
of their numerous male counterparts...Not to be outdone by the current
crop of new lady DJs, the lovely and talented Lady G has consistently
proved that she is not yet ready to be considered among the "dead and
gone."
A Conversation with Original Skatalites's Tommy McCook
by Lee O'Neill
It would not be an exaggeration to call the Skatalites
the first superstars of Jamaican music.
Not only the house band for Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd's
Studio One label and Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label (along with dozens of
others), they were also Jamaica's hottest live act at the peak of the Ska
era.... It would be no exaggeration to say that the
roots of Reggae begin with the Skatalites.
Recently, I was honored to have a bonafide Sister come
through our gates in Brooklyn to share some positive reasoning and good
vibrations ... I
speak of one of the hardest working women in the music industry, Sister Carol,
otherwise known as the Black Cinderella or Mother Culture...
Volume 12 - 1994 
