Speaking with the Sunday Observer last week, Augustyn said she discovered how tough it was for women in music during the early 1960s. The Indiana native interviewed several of these trailblazers including My Boy Lollipop singer Millie Small and Enid Cumberland (of Keith and Enid fame) for 'Pioneering Women'. Released in September, it is Augustyn's look at the role women played in the formative years of Jamaican music. Songbirds: Pioneering Women in Jamaican Music is her latest literary effort.
For the past decade, the American journalist/teacher has written extensively on the music's roots. WHEN it comes to the history of early reggae, Heather Augustyn's interest has no bounds.
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