“It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia,” the message begins. “I am thankful for his family, friends, fellow ...
“What? An era in Reggae and Dancehall before Sean Paul and Sean Kingston? Nooo! I’ll never let go of my notion; I’ll never let go!”Many of you have had that one conversation with a youngling when ...
Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970s. Soul Jazz Records. Sixteen killer 70s reggae funk and soul cuts from the likes ...
On her pristine third album, Hollie Cook, a UK singer and one-time Slits member, draws upon 1970s reggae in songs about love and resilience. Cook eventually joined Ari in the reunited Slits lineup, ...
Jamaica and Ethiopia have long-standing cultural ties. Rastafarians believe that the late Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie was actually the second coming of the Messiah, and since the 1970s, reggae ...