Commonwealth Connections - Jamaica: The Route to Reggae

In Port Antonio on the north side of the island, the Jolly Boys, a mento band formed in 1945 to entertain at Errol Flynn's parties, live a quiet life entertaining the visiting stars and singing songs of social comment. This is Jamaica's Calypso, complete with banjo, percussion and rumba box accompaniment, an acoustic forerunner to the ubiquitous Reggae music heard all over the Caribbean.

Published on Saturday, 1st February 2014.

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