In Steve McQueen's "Lovers Rock," the DJ pauses as partygoers sing an impromptu a capella version of Dennis Bovell and Janet Kay's 1979 hit "Silly Games." (Parisa Taghizedeh / Amazon Studios) A song ...

Janet Kay, was born Janet Kay Bogle (the first of 6 children) in London to Jamaican parents, Clifton and Monica Bogle. Janet is a descendant of the Jamaican National Hero the Rt Excellent Deacon Paul ...

Steve McQueen‘s Small Axe, a series of five films about the West Indian experience in the UK in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, is currently airing on Amazon/BBC. The second Small Axe film, Lovers Rock, just ...

Janet Kay made history as the first British black female artist to enter the UK Top 40 with a reggae single. Her iconic falsetto on"Silly Games", produced by Dennis Bovell, became a cultural milestone ...

Steve McQueen’s new “Small Axe” anthology includes a film that centers on an offshoot of reggae that represented big shifts in the music, and in Black British culture. By Jeremy Gordon The lovesick ...

Join us in celebrating the legendary Janet Kay MBE — award-winning reggae artist, actress, songwriter, and creative entrepreneur. Honoured in the King Charles III Honours List 2023, Janet received an ...