ARTIST

Burning Spear

from 1969St. Ann’s Bay
THE STORY

Winston Rodney of St. Ann. He carried Marcus Garvey’s teaching into songs that burn slow and do not fade — a keeper of memory, not a trend.

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Updated 2026-09Ranges kept honest · contested dates marked “c.”