He was the gentle, dreadlocked musician who gave the popular Canadian blues-reggae rock group Big Sugar its distinctive bass sound. But Garry Lowe, who died of cancer on July 7 at the age of 64, ...
Robbie Shakespeare, the renowned reggae bassist who helped move the genre into new sonic territory and whose playing was heard on classics by Black Uhuru and Peter Tosh as well as albums by rock icons ...
The Jamaican bassist was known for producing work for the likes of Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Grace Jones and more One half of the duo Sly and Robbie with Sly Dunbar, GRAMMY-winning bassist ...
"Those three notes in Peaches: you do those three notes and it's instantly identifiable" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As bass ...
International Reggae Day is celebrated on July 1 every year. Here’s how reggae was born in Jamaica, why the day was created ...
Jamaican music has travelled a long way since Prince Buster, Millie Small, The Skatalites, and Desmond Dekker first entered the British Hit Parade in the early 1960s. Looking in the rear view mirror ...
Flip through the local radio channels and it won’t be long until you hear a reggae song. The characteristic one drop drumming and offbeat-emphasized rhythm dominates popular music in the islands, and ...
The Ithaca Reggae Fest, now in its eighth year, will take over parts of Ithaca’s Stewart Park on June 26-28, offering 3 days ...