Reggae Legend And Drummer, Sly Dunbar, Dead
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I honestly couldn’t tell you how many reggae and dancehall mixtapes I listened to during my childhood years. The burned CDs—with their sometimes glitchy skips, boisterous sound effects between transitions, and loud air-horns—were one of my two ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. VP Records, the world's largest reggae music company, announces a year-long calendar of activities in celebration of its 40 years ...
"The Trojan Story" rocked the music world in 1971, introducing listeners to artists like Jimmy Cliff, the Maytals, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. Long... Trojan Records, Legendary Reggae Label, Resurrects A Long Out-Of-Print Trove Growing up in Southern England ...
Music — one Jamaica’s internationally recognized exports — and the contribution of island’s women to the art form come to focus on VP Records’ Women of Reggae 2022 Calendar. Packed with much more history than any single month can hold, the ...
No one does music fandom quite like the British. They immerse themselves in their favorite music, whatever its place of origin. They create new subcultures around it, designating new subgenres the music’s creators never envisioned. Mod, skinhead, punk ...
There are few more important Jamaican singers than Gregory Isaacs. He was the passionate hustler with a tender heart, and as his confidence and skill grew, he addressed social issues and represented his Rastafari faith with pride. David Katz takes a closer ...
Simply put, reggae as a global phenomenon begins with The Harder They Come. Before most people outside Jamaica could tell you who Bob Marley was, Cliff put the world on notice that something explosive was happening in downtown Kingston, with his role as ...
Joe Gibbs, 65, an influential reggae music producer who helped create the 1970s hit “Two Sevens Clash” for Culture, died Feb. 20 of a heart attack in Jamaica, according to news reports. Born Joel Gibson, he opened a record shop and a recording studio ...