This Day in Jamaican Music

May 26

On May 26 in Jamaican music: 4 releases dated to this day, including Boom-Shack-A-Lack by Junior Reid (1998) and 2 stories from the news archive.

Releases

Released on this day

4

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

  1. 1998 Boom-Shack-A-LackAlbum

    Junior Reid

  2. 2009 AwakeAlbum

    Julian Marley

  3. 2023 Right Right TimeAlbum

    Johnny Osbourne

  4. 2015 RosieSingle

    Barrington Levy

News archive

Stories published on this day

2

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2014 Reggae Sumfest takes a step into the 'Future'

    Music

  2. 2014 Tanya Stephens 'Guilty' of Lyrical Assault

    Music

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