This Day in Jamaican Music

May 5

On May 5 in Jamaican music: 11 releases dated to this day, including More Gregory by Gregory Isaacs (1981) and 2 stories from the news archive.

Releases

Released on this day

11

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

  1. 1981 More GregoryAlbum

    Gregory Isaacs

  2. 2006 Waterhouse RedemptionAlbum

    Sizzla

  3. 2009 Family TimeAlbum

    Ziggy Marley

  4. 2017 Dreader Than CoolAlbum

    Gregory Isaacs

  5. 1987 Confirm ReservationSingle

    Gregory Isaacs

  6. 2010 Count Your BlessingsSingle

    Damian Marley

  7. 2013 Open the iron gate (FULL ALBUM)Single

    Max Romeo

  8. 2015 FireSingle

    Tessanne Chin

  9. 2019 Cut Off JeansSingle

    I Wata

  10. 2019 Saving PanSingle

    Chi Ching Ching

  11. 2019 Slim a WarSingle

    Demarco

News archive

Stories published on this day

2

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2014 Miriam Simone determined to make her mark on Reggae's stratosphere

    Interviews

  2. 2014 Runkus delivers first single from his highly anticipated, Ky-Mani Marley-backed mixtape

    Music

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