The Jamaican singer-songwriter and star of ‘The Harder They Come,’ who died Monday at age 81, was pivotal in bringing the genre onto the world stage. He was a lovely artist to interview in 2013 for my WSJ Anatomy of a Song column.
Subscribers to WSJ.com can read my appreciation by going here.
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