Released in April 1973, Catch A Fire catapulted Bob Marley and the Wailers to global stardom. The sub-hooks of bassist Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, together with his drumming brother Carly, played a ...

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 ...

Growing up in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in the mid-1990s, Scott Woodruff started to gravitate toward West Coast ska and reggae bands like Sublime and Slightly Stoopid. But when Woodruff decided to try ...

On April 22, 1978 30,000 people filled Kingston’s National Stadium to see the One Love Peace concert. On the bill was singer Dennis Brown, pop-reggae sensation Inner Circle, the vocal trio The Mighty ...

Dub music is known for its studio experimentation, live mixing and heavy use of effects, so an affordable sampler/mixer/mic ...

"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 ...

The ever-popular Bass Camp and Reggae festivals, produced by PR Entertainment, are not returning to South Shore this year. Back in January Paul Reder, the production company’s founder, originally ...

Robbie Shakespeare, the legendary bass player and one half of the band Sly and Robbie, has died at the age of 68. Shakespeare’s friend, manager and producer Guillaume Bougard confirmed the musician’s ...

With hundreds of tickets already sold, this year’s Rides & Reggae Festival sounds ready to takeover New Castle Friday night and Saturday. Since 2017, the town has hosted fall and summer trails ...