EDITORIAL by Ruel E. Lowe: A word of warning...... Protect your possessions and treasures, or others will steal them.

Ruel E. Lowe

A word of warning Protect your possessions and treasures, or others will steal them. One of my pet peeves is: we have adopted many negative qualities of the USA, we have become too absorbed with ‘the here and now’, and only accept what is projected by the media. Our music is slowly being taken from us and we are contributing to it willingly. We don’t care about or show any interest in our musical history, as a result we have no foundation, hence we can easily be deceived and lead astray. Marley made it big on the world scene, and is one of Jamaica’s greatest musician/balladeer/music messengers, but he is not the only great entertainer Jamaica produced, but if one listens to the media, that, is the impression one would get Many great artists/entertainers/song writers/performers/producers of the past have been forgotten/ignored or not known about. Great foundation artist as Owen Gray, Wilfred Edwards, Bob Andy, Theophilus Beckford, Alton Ellis, Monty Morris, Ken Boothe, and many, many others are placed on the trash heap of the unappreciated. more