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“Black women invented rock and roll!” – Those were the words of the gorgeous singer with the soulful eyes, born not too long ago in San Fernando, Trinidad. “Sister...

In his 1989 autobiography, Chuck Berry talks about an incident at The Montreal Forum that was a part of rock ‘n’ roll history. He talks about a conversation he...

James Brown would run into confrontations with the police later on in his life in the late 80’s and thanks to a drug habit that would dominate the latter...

“People ask me what style is it?(her music)I’m not sure, it’s Kam Ala!”(laughing). This was Montreal singer Kam Ala attempting to describe her musical melange which will take the...

As the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of hip-hop on Aug.11th, global b-boys and b-girls engaged in activities which ranged from grafitti exhbits, b-boy parties and exhibtions as well...

As we enter Black History Month for 2023, we continue to examine the evolution of popular music in Jamaica. In the last edition of The Community Contact, we looked...

In the last issue of The Montreal Community Contact, I examined the origins of Jamaica’s first popular music, Mento… The Calypso Of Yard, so to speak. It gives us...

When legendary crooner Harry Belafonte went into the studio to record his landmark multi-platinum selling RCA album “Calypso” in 1956, his goal was to introduce North-American audiences to Jamaican...

In 1982, hip-hop pioneer d.j. Afrika Bambaataa and his crew Soul Sonic Force released a seminal record in hip-hop called “Planet Rock”. More of an experiment in electro-funk than...

“That is insanity to me,” says Montreal soul singer Hanorah when I mentioned to her that local music writers were singing her praises very highly when she opened for...