To honor the first anniversary of the passing of reggae legend and dub pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry Trojan Records is releasing a comprehensive box set, King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces from the ...
“My name is Rainford Hugh Perry,” said the man with bright red hair, matching beard, and fire in his eyes after stepping off stage in New York City many years ago. “My music name thunder and lightning ...
Genres like trip-hop, dubstep and drum'n'bass can all be traced back to a subgenre of reggae music known as dub. At its most reductive, dub music breathed — and continues to breathe — new, exciting ...
Don the Beachcomber in Huntington Beach is stuffy—even worse than outside, where historic summer rains are turning Orange County into one giant sauna. But the dancers crowding the floor at the iconic ...
Aston Francis “Family Man” Barrett, the reggae bassist who rose to fame with Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Upsetters and played on Bob Marley’s biggest hits, died at a Florida hospital on February 3 after a ...
We illuminate the genius of a visionary producer and artist that pioneered reggae, gave birth to dub, and paved the way for countless new sounds When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...
With a four-track tape recorder in his Jamaican home studio, he opened surreal sonic vistas and cultivated the image of a mad genius. By Jon Pareles Lee (Scratch) Perry, the innovative Jamaican ...
GUITARIST Alva ‘Reggie’ Lewis, a member of the influential Hippy Boys and Upsetters bands of the 1960s, died February 4 at age 63. Lorna Wainwright of the Tuff Gong Group of Companies told the Jamaica ...
Aston Barrett, the bassist of the legendary reggae band Bob Marley and the Wailers, has died at the age of 77. "Family Man", as he was known, was born in 1946 and grew up in the Jamaican capital, ...