Late one night after his wife and kids were asleep, Scott Aiges started strumming Tom Petty’s “Refugee” on guitar, but with a reggae lilt. A light bulb went off: Wouldn’t it be great for a band to ...
Reggae icon Lowell ‘Sly’ Dunbar passed Monday at his Kingston, Jamaica, home at the age of 73. His daughter Natasha confirmed ...
Gregory Isaacs was the star who, more than even Bob Marley, showed the world the full range of reggae music. Much the way that LL Cool J opened up the hip-hop world in the 1980s by showing it could ...
That was when I really fell in love with reggae.”He organised the upcoming event with Rowan Ramotar of Wild Apache Promotions.Jamaican-born Mr Ramotar said he practically started listening to reggae ...
Reggae, although imported from Jamaica, has been the cornerstone music of Zimbabwe since Bob Marley’s visit to this country ...
Dunbar was one half of the rhythm section duo Sly & Robbie along with late partner bassist Robbie Shakespeare.
Two acts who made their name in the 1980s are heading to Victoria for concerts this summer. Pat Benatar is booked to appear July 10 at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium, while Ziggy ...
The Vermont Reggae Festival is returning August 23rd, 2025, after a long hiatus. The festival will be held at Switchback Brewing in Burlington, Vermont, featuring Barrington Levy, John Brown’s Body, ...
Johnny Osbourne is undoubtedly one of the most popular Jamaican reggae and dancehall singers of all time. Rising to success in the late 1970s and mid-1980s, his albumTruths And Rightswas a huge roots ...