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The Melodians are best known for the haunting “Rivers of Babylon,” the biblically inspired Rasta lament found on the soundtrack to the 1972 cult film The Harder They Come. But in Jamaica, the ...

Here’s why the band name may sound familiar: The Melodians’ song “Rivers of Babylon” landed on the soundtrack to the 1972 film The Harder They Come, starring reggae great Jimmy Cliff. And UB40 fans ...

The Melodians have been dormant since the death of founder Trevor McNaughton in November 2018. Next month, the rocksteady group shakes off the blues for their comeback show at Red Rose For Gregory, to ...

Tony Brevett, who has died aged 64, was a founding member of the Melodians, one of Jamaica’s most popular harmony groups, which had a hit with their reggae adaptation of the spiritual hymn Rivers Of ...

The rocksteady movement-which emerged in Jamaica after ska, and foreshadowed reggae-yielded a great deal of memorable music. Some of the best of it issued from the Melodians, a vocal group whose ...

If you enjoy “Rivers of Babylon” by Boney M., Sublime, or Daniel O’Donnell, these songs share a similar tone, message, or style. Here’s a list of artists whose style or sound aligns with Boney M., ...

Trevor McNaughton, founder of The Melodians, died Tuesday at the Kendrick Rehabilitation Hospital in Hollywood, Florida. His wife, Irene, gave the cause of death as respiratory failure. The ...