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"They're an Intrinsic Part of Carnival": 70 Years Ago, Jamaican Sound Systems Changed British Music Forever

In 1955, Duke Vin, a sharply dressed and entrepreneurial British Rail employee in west London, who had arrived from Kingston, Jamaica just a year earlier, built his first sound system. It was a ...
Voice Newspaper

Sound system pioneer honoured with blue plaque to launch Notting Hill Carnival

Sound System pioneer Daddy Vego arrived from Jamaica in 1956 and will be honoured as Notting Hill Carnival weekend begins SOUNDSYSTEM PIONEER: Barrington Von Adams – better known as “Daddy Vego” - ...
The Jamaica Observer

MECA ushers in sound clash renaissance with ‘Soundkilla’ series

Following a fiery semi-final battle last Tuesday, MECA’s Soundkilla Clash series is set to ignite the Corporate Area hot spot again tonight. In what is expected to be another round of intense ...

Blue plaque for reggae sound system pioneer

One of London's reggae pioneers is due to receive a blue heritage plaque ahead of this weekend's Notting Hill Carnival. Barrington Von Adams, better known as Daddy Vego, founded his People's Sound ...