Althea and Donna - Uptown Top RankingAvailable on Record Store Day, 22nd April The ultimate one hit wonders, Uptown Top Ranking was a surprise International No. 1 smash hit single for the teenage due Althea and Donna. Entranced by Trinitys hit Three Piece Suit, they wrote a reply song Uptown Top Ranking, which they cut for Joe Gibbs. The success of the single, both in Jamaica and globally, secured them a deal with Virgin Records Front Line imprint, releasing this, their only album, in

and improvisation

the latter having moved to Montreal from a nearby village

” which channels Lay’s deep Irish roots

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while finding champions in Steve Lamacq and Shaun Keaveny

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They are very much a product of their environment

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this year and is still performing and recording music

if you want to know what the cramps sound like live

“We have moved forward from the change with a new energy

Caribè shows the great multi instrumentalist Eric Dolphy in the unexpected context of a Latin Jazz combo