Modern West Indian Popular Music

bluebeat/ska/rocksteady/early reggae (late 50s-60s):

owen gray

Coxsone Dodd

laurel Aitken

prince buster

desmond dekker

The uniques

Sound dimension

The deltones

The techniques

The clarendonians

The Jamaicans

Leslie Kong

derrick morgan

Duke reid

Jackie Edwards

ken boothe

the skatalites

the wailers

the paragons

the melodians

the pioneers

the heptones

the ethiopians

the slickers

the tonetts

the soulettes

symarip

Byron lee and the dragonaires

Stranger cole

Larry Marshall

The beltones

reggae/lovers rock:

bob marley and the wailers

bunny wailer

peter tosh

toots and the maytals

max Romeo

alton ellis

dave and ansel collins

bob andy

bob and marcia

Hortense ellis

the Ethiopians

phyllis dillon

the pioneers

the melodians

the heptones

the Abyssinians

nicky Thomas

tony tribe

the harry j all stars

Dillinger 

jerry jones

big youth

jimmy cliff

bunny lee

johnny Clarke

u-roy

claudette mclean

black uhuru

john holt

burning spear

steele pulse

mikey dread

Jay Tees

jane adebambo

sly & robbie

karen Dixon

Judah eskender tafari

cimarons

Israel vibration

culture

black state

roots radics

the gladiators

misty in roots

dennis brown

Gregory isaacs

revelation

inner circle

delroy wilson

janet kay

louisa marks

donna rhoden

matumbi

aswad

third world

black state

Lorraine

15, 16, 17

revelation

Cassandra

leroy smart

junior English

Carolyn catlin

nina decosta

althea and donna

carroll Thompson

Sandra cross

johnny osbourne

sugar minott

the tamlins

brown sugar

marcia Griffiths

Jennifer lara

denise Darlington

angela price

sister carol

maxi priest

musical youth

dub:

lee scratch perry & the upsetters

king tubby

bunny lee

keith hudson

dennis bovell

linton kwesi johnson

scientist

mad professor

yabby you

augustus Pablo

linval thompson

prince far-I & the arabs

Adrian sherwood

early dancehall/ragga:

u-roy

dillinger

barrington levy

sugar minnott

johnny osbourne

josey wales

yellowman

sister nancy

sister carroll

lady g

wee papa girls

tenor saw

junior reid

wayne smith

tony tuff

eek-a-mouse

dr. alimantado

ini kamoze

half pint

cocoa tea

asher d and daddy freddy

uk fast style dancehall:

smiley culture

asher senator

peter king

tippa irie

papa levi

macka b

pato banton

cadence-lypso/zouk:

exile one

Kassav'

ska revival/2 tone:

the specials

madness

the selecter

bad manners

the English beat

The bodysnatchers

1990s-2000s dancehall:

shaggy

shabba ranks

lady saw

capleton

bounty killer

damian marley

buju banton

beenie man

super cat

ce'cile

cutty ranks

mad cobra

ninjaman

elephant man

cocoa tea

shelly thunder

masicka

gyptian

T.O.K.

busy signal

sizzla

alkaline

winky d

macka diamond

sasha

queen ifrica

patra

fantan mojah

sean paul

tanya stephens

alaine

mt vegas

tanya stephens

shatta wale

mavado

popcaan

stonebwoy

chronixx

vybz kartel

spice

sheneseea

tommy lee sparta

aidonia

D'banji

koffee