Bosstones Throwdown and Long Live Desmond Dekker!
A not-so-subtle subtheme of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones’s reunion in their hometown this week is the veneration of a ska, rocksteady, and reggae trailblazer for Bob Marley. The Bosstones’s latest radio cut, “Don’t Worry Desmond Dekker,”‘ references the onetime welder who sang the classic “Israelites” and was named in […]
Bounty dismisses - ‘never-see-come-see’ Beenie
After a display of musical versatility by Javaughn, who sang of Peer Pressure and played keyboards, drums and bass guitar, the regal prowl of Etana as she sang of the Wrong Address and encouraged all to hold on their Roots, the extended reggae rockers of Rootz Underground came to ‘Welcome […]
The Boys of Birmingham
It’s easy to assume that reggae music is a product of Jamaica alone. The island has produced all of the genre’s biggest names for the past 40 years, and it’s still ground zero when it comes to discovering what’s hot. Reggae music was undoubtedly born in Jamaica, but if you branch out […]
Carnival - A sweet it sweet so!
Carnival in St. Kitts is sweet, sweet , sweet! The soca music blaring, the big drum resonating, the fife music piercing the air, the thrashing of the clatter, the rhythmic music of the steel pan, the chants of the masquerades, the running of the “bull”, the animation of the […]
Rootz Underground hits with Hammerz
Reggae band, Rootz Underground, has broken new ground with the shooting of Hammer, the video for the next single off their soon-to-be released debut album Movement!. Produced by Shannon Hart and directed by Luciano Blotta, the video for Hammer is a symbol of the message of Rootz Underground, whose lyrics manifest […]
