Tabby Diamond, 66, was shot and killed Tuesday in Kingston, Jamaica. Bunny Diamond, 70, died three days later after a long illness. By Clay Risen Two members of the Mighty Diamonds, a Jamaican trio ...

Tragedy struck the legendary roots reggae act Mighty Diamonds this week as two founding members — lead singer Donald “Tabby” Shaw and longtime band mate Fitzroy “Bunny” Simpson — both died within days ...

Last week, in the world of reggae, the unthinkable happened: two back-to-back tragedies within one iconic group. Days after the March 29 murder of Donald “Tabby Diamond” Shaw, 66, lead singer of ...

As one of the pioneering groups of the roots-reggae movement, Jamaica's Mighty Diamonds has been churning out timeless vocal classics for more than the past four decades. Focusing its music on the ...

If, for some tragic and unforeseen reason, Karl Dean were to lose his ever-loving mind and appoint me to his music council as some Chaplin-esque dictator-for-life, my very first order of business ...

Tribute To Their Legacy, an event saluting the music of The Mighty Diamonds, took place on March 27 at Swift River Center in Queens, New York. It was the fifth annual staging of the show, organised by ...

Do you recall the British reggae group Musical Youth and its mid-’80s smash hit “Pass the Dutchie”? Well, that was originally the Mighty Diamonds’ “Pass the Kouchie,” a cool and classic herb-smoking ...