Dexter Campbell the Ska Professor

“Right now mi have 20,000 albums and 15,000 seven-inch (45s) and mi know mi can safely get roughly $15 million for my collection without a doubt,” Campbell said.

Very good read about Jamaican soundman Dexter Campbell in today’s Gleaner.

And Campbell says judging from the reception he gets when he plays ska music abroad “it come in like Jamaica nuh know wah dem have an dem mek odda people a tek it ova. A nuff a di old singer dem just start mek money, like all a France. A promoter haffi come a Jamaica fi dem a carry dem guh pon stage show abroad.

As if all this wasn’t interesting enough, another secret is revealed. Who will get his collection?
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Drum & Bass, Rock A Shacka and Reggae in Japan: An interview with Massa

The exquisite german Reggae blog House of Reggae has interviewed Massa of Drum & Bass Records (in English). Good read!

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