Captured on tour supporting the Kaya album, Easy Skanking in Boston '78 marks the beginning
of the Universal Music Group's archival Bob Marley series, something made possible by the Marley family, who offered up plenty of archival concert and unreleased ...
After the success of 1974's Natty Dread and 1976's Rastaman Vibration, Bob Marley was not
only the most successful reggae musician in the world, he was one of the most powerful men in Jamaica. Powerful enough, in fact, that he ...
Toots & the Maytals' first LP for Chris Blackwell was originally released in the early
'70s, and it includes solid sides like Pomp and Pride, a whacked-out restructuring of Richard Berry's Louie, Louie, and the wonderful title track, Funky Kingston. ...
So you like vintage ska, with its galloping, proto-reggae backbeats, its massive horn sections, and
its whanging, hip-shaking drum sound? You like the jazzy solos, the catch phrases shouted out at the end of each chorus, the ever-so-slightly out-of-tune guitar? ...
Over the years, the Skatalites went through their share of personnel changes. In the 1990s,
their lineup ranged from newcomers to survivors of the band's classic 1960s lineup, including saxmen Tommy McCook and Roland Alphonso, bassist Lloyd Brevett, and drummer ...
Desmond Dekker has been well served by the reissue labels, with the shelves buckling under
all the compilations dedicated to his music. The bulk, however, invariably draw from the same limited pool of songs, with most ignoring the singer's early ...