This Day in Jamaican Music

January 28

On January 28 in Jamaican music: 5 releases dated to this day, including Jamaican E.T. by Lee 'Scratch' Perry (2002) and 5 stories from the news archive.

Releases

Released on this day

5

Albums and singles in the Listen library dated to this day — press play from any title.

  1. 2002 Jamaican E.T.Album

    Lee 'Scratch' Perry

  2. 2010 StrappingsSingle

    Busy Signal

  3. 2010 Welcome to the ArmagedeonSingle

    Mavado

  4. 2011 ArgumentsSingle

    Protoje

  5. 2011 Badman PartySingle

    Vybz Kartel

News archive

Stories published on this day

5

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2014 Cham, Marley perform ‘Fighter’ for BBC 1XTRA

    Music

  2. 2014 Gyptian and Ricky Blaze team up for ‘Stuck’

    Music

  3. 2014 Mr. Vegas readies ‘Bruk it Down to Reality’

    Music

  4. 2013 Cherry-picking the fruits of happiness

    Interviews

  5. 2013 Tantalizing our taste buds with forgotten treats

    Culture

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