This Day in Jamaican Music

September 2

On September 2 in Jamaican music: 7 releases dated to this day, including Souvenir From Jamaica by Wailing Souls (2003) and 4 stories from the news archive.

Releases

Released on this day

7

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

  1. 2003 Souvenir From JamaicaAlbum

    Wailing Souls

  2. 2005 Clothes DropAlbum

    Shaggy

  3. 2013 Getting Over the StormAlbum

    UB40

  4. 2022 Some Kinda MadnessAlbum

    Tanya Stephens

  5. 2008 Strange ThingsSingle

    John Holt

  6. 2008 You Make Me So Very HappySingle

    Alton Ellis

  7. 2016 Da BarSingle

    Shaggy

News archive

Stories published on this day

4

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2014 Reasoning with Lampa Dread

    Interviews

  2. 2013 Justine Henzell Talks 'The Harder They Come' Re-release

    Interviews

  3. 2013 Patrice finds rebirth on 'The Rising of the Son'

    Interviews

  4. 2012 Ras Tingle, Jamaican Storyteller

    Interviews

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