When and where did you first come across freestyle? I guess it was ’84, ’85, whatever. We’d go to clubs and DJs would be playing just club music. That’s what they called freestyle at that time. They ...
Long before the Rolling Stones played the Belly Up, internationally famous musicians started popping up at the Solana Beach music showcase in the early ’80s. One of the first was bassist Fully ...
The Levitate festival, happening in Marshfield this weekend, annually presents two heady days of funk, roots, R&B and jam-band music. Today’s co-headliner, Rebelution, plays a little of all the above ...
Last summer the New York Times reported that Grammy-nominated reggae star Chronixx told a crowd during one of his electric performances: “This is the beautiful sound of reggae music from the island of ...
Canada’s eminent Roots Reggae chanter, Nkrumah, shined at his Saturday Night Rockers showcase at BSMT 254. Backed by Dub Chronicles, Nkrumah’s talent was well received by fans.
Tracing the popularity and evolution of reggae in Hawaiʻi, from roots to the Jawaiian era. In Hawaiian Hands: The Story of Reggae in Hawaiʻi traces the popularity and evolution of reggae in the ...
Flip through the local radio channels and it won’t be long until you hear a reggae song. The characteristic one drop drumming and offbeat-emphasized rhythm dominates popular music in the islands, and ...