In the same week that the sad news emerged from Jamaica of Sly Dunbar’s passing, the Burning Sounds label reissues a dub album by The Revolutionaries, the house band for Channel One Studio. When The Revolutionaries were formed in 1975, it was Sly Dunbar who really set the tone. His sharp, driving, four-on-the-floor patterns defined the rockers sound and left…
1. Hit The Road Jack – Big Youth (Trojan)2. Dat – Pluto Shervington (Opal)3. Rockers Nuh Crackers – Glen Washington (Ital)4. Reggae Got Soul – Toots & The Maytals (Island)5. Whip Them No Skip Them – Sir Lee (Grounation)6. Mama Say – The Heptones (Island)7. Cold I Up – Johnny Clarke (Attack)8. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner – Michael Rose…
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By the mid-’70s, things were getting shaky for Coxsone Dodd. Studio One had already shaped ska, rocksteady, and early reggae. Everybody knew that. But the sound of Jamaica was changing fast, and it wasn’t waiting on anyone. The Channel One Challenge The big pressure came from Channel One, run by the Hookim brothers up on Maxfield Avenue. They had arrived…
‘Reggae Goes Soul with The Temptations’ is exactly what it sounds. You get the easy sway of ska, rocksteady and reggae riddims in cover versions of classic Temptations tunes that defined the sound of Motown soul. Think steady riddims, deep bass, and vocals that still hit you right in the chest. It’s Detroit soul taking a laid-back walk through Kingston,…
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JOHN HOLT John Holt stands as one of the most prolific and commercially successful interpreters of non-Jamaican material in reggae history. For Holt, reinterpretation was not an occasional experiment but a core artistic strategy. During the late 1960s and 1970s, he recorded reggae versions of a wide range of pop, soul, and country songs. Albums such as 1000 Volts Of…
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Before we even had time to fully absorb the passing of Third World’s Stephen “Cat” Coore, more sad news arrived from Jamaica. And once again, many devoted reggae fans around the world are left in mourning. The Architect of the Modern Reggae Beat It’s hard to imagine reggae, dancehall, or even modern pop without Sly Dunbar’s fingerprints on it. Lowell…