Chances are you are familiar with jerk chicken, Jamaica’s second most popular export. (The first? We’ll give you a hint: “Let’s get together and feeeeeeeel all right.”) What’s so special about the jerk on the island? Only everything. Visit Jamaica and you’ll hear that you shouldn’t miss this or that, but really, you shouldn’t miss these jerk shacks! Dor’s Fish Pot, Oracabessa The roadside shack […]
Meet The People Changing Jamaican Music
There’s a big revival of reggae music going on right now, both in Jamaica and around the world, and front and center is Suns of Dub. This group is the loudest champion of “dub,” a genre that grew out of reggae in the late 1960s and is typically lighter on the vocals, and heavier on the bass and drums. In the absence of lyrics, and […]