On April 22, 1978 30,000 people filled Kingston’s National Stadium to see the One Love Peace concert. On the bill was singer Dennis Brown, pop-reggae sensation Inner Circle, the vocal trio The Mighty ...
ASPEN – When I ask Monty Alexander how he’s doing, the answer that comes back over the phone is a lyrical, drawn-out “Excellent, mon” that is distinctive to a certain Caribbean island that has made a ...
*Los Angeles – The Jazz Reggae Festival has been an integral part of the UCLA and Los Angeles jazz and reggae communities for the past 29 years. In honor of the festival’s 30 th Anniversary, festival ...
“Harlem-Kingston Express” marries the two sides of pianist Monty Alexander‘s sensibility into a honeymoon of musical bliss. Recorded live, variously in New York (Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola), Jamaica, ...
Nubya Garcia is one of the breakthrough international stars of the recent UK jazz boom. The 33-year-old London-born tenor saxophonist, composer and bandleader, whose mother is from Guyana and father ...
Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an instrument that lays the foundation of jazz. By Marcus J. Moore There’s a clip ...
British jungle and drum and bass legend Congo Natty hits Tallinn's Paavli Culture Factory on November 21 for a night blending reggae, jazz and hip-hop influences. Active for more than 35 years, Congo ...
DUB DOUBLE DOWN: The Salmonella Dub Soundsystem prepares to showcase in Gisborne the first bundles of its new dance floor friendly tunes, fresh from the band’s Hapuku studio in Kaikoura. Picture ...