Melodians keep rocksteady alive
Melodians keep rocksteady alive
As a general rule with rocksteady — the post-ska, pre-reggae form of Jamaican vocal music — if a group’s name ends in “-ians,” it’s worth a listen.
There are exceptions; some bands without the distinction aren’t bad either, such as legendary rocksteady acts the Maytals, the Hepcats, the Gaylads and the Tennors. But the -ian ranks are strong: the Kingstonians, the Abyssianians, the Ethiopians.