Tag Archives: Wilfred Limonious

Al Fingers, Art in the Dancehall, Clarks

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

  Back Home |  About this site | Al Fingers and Shimmy Shimmy’s Art in the Dancehall exhibition has a slick new website, which includes a short write-up about Limonious by myself. Thanks so much to the Limonious family for their cooperation, for … Continue reading →

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LimoniouS90

Posted on August 19, 2012 by

Back Home |  About this site | The Honda S90 was a very popular bike in Jamaica in the 60′s, 70′s and 80′s. Probably its biggest reggae reference was Big Youth‘s “S90 Skank” where the screaming target kicked off the recording by revving an S90 … Continue reading →

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RIP King Stitt

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Back Home |  About this site | I am a little late with this news, but reggae vet King Stitt has sadly passed. More info can be found here. RIP

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Back in Business

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

Back Home |  About this site | Been a bit slow over here with posts. I’ve been keeping really busy with some exciting things and some other not so exciting things. Anyways, on to a post: I recently met up with Limonious’ younger … Continue reading →

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Reggae Rambo

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Back Home |  About this site | A while back I posted about a strange looking Canadian record that Limonious designed. Everything about the album screamed 80′s reggae, from the artist’s name (Reggae Rambo) to the anti-drug LP title (No Drugs Please). The … Continue reading →

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Sassafras article / personal tings

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

Back Home |  About this site | Sorry for the delay of posts over here, I have been dealing with a few personal things that have been less-than-fun: a bruk up computer,  a big move and perhaps most importantly, a bad back. Despite … Continue reading →

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Sugar Minott

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Back Home |  About this site | Towards the end of my most recent visit to Jamaica, the news came out that the legendary singer Sugar Minott had passed away. 9 months later, reggae journalist Beth Lesser (legendary in her own right) wrote and published a book in honour … Continue reading →

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SoCan Connection

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Back Home |  About this site | So, I found a Canadian connection to Wilfred Limonious. As you probably know, Canada (specifically Toronto) has deep reggae roots. There have been nuff reggae record labels, studios and artistes based out of the TO area … Continue reading →

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Play Tings

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

  Back Home |  About this site | Jamaica has a long and rich theatre history, but for the last 50 years or so a popular genre of comedy play contentiously known as Roots Plays have been making Jamaicans laugh with … Continue reading →

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Young Love

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

Back Home |  About this site | During my first visit to the island, I was fortunate enough to arrange a coffee date with Wilfred’s youngest brother, who told me all about Wilfred’s other passion for music and songwriting. Although not … Continue reading →

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