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That song, along with 40 others, is included in the remastered "One Love at Studio One 1964-1966," an essential compilation of joyful Jamaican roots music. (Marley would later also record for Trojan.) ...
The venerable British band UB40 has a fresh voice in vocalist Matt Doyle, but still plays the reggae classics fans love, on Sunday at Atlanta Symphony Hall.
Oh If I Miss Heaven, a song by gospel music pioneer Reverend Glen Graham, has been given new life after being sampled for Nah Miss It, by Canute Neil Ellis, Jason Mighty, J.DAT and Orville Sutherland.
Matisyahu's blend of traditional Judaism and classic reggae music isn't a reach, says veteran music journalist Elena Oumano, who has covered reggae music for more than 20 years.
The original "Reggae for Kids" has sold more than 150,000 copies, and "More Reggae for Kids" has sold well over 70,000. "They never stop selling," says Himmelfarb. "It's totally crazy." ...
This record has the classic sound of Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One label that characterized a lot of Jamaican music from ska up through early reggae — booming bass, drums playing a “one drop ...
The compiler of Classic African American Gospel, a new collection from Smithsonian Folkways, talks about the roots of Motown in gospel music, its role in the Civil Rights movement, what new gospel ...
As International Reggae Day turns 25 this week, we look back at 10 classic country songs transformed by popular reggae, ska, and rocksteady artists, vibrant examples of the cultural cross ...