Reggae and dub have shaped the evolution of various music styles. Nicolas-Tyrell Scott explores their influence on five key genres Across history, various forms of cultural production have expanded by ...
Puerto Rican born and Los Angeles based Pachy Garcia, better known as Pachyman, is a modern day student of the founders of dub reggae. As a longtime collector of vintage recording gear, Garcia spent ...
The original practitioners established dub not just as a distinctive reggae offshoot, but as the prototype for all electronic music and its associated practices. By Patricia Meschino On a balmy late ...
When it comes to the history of reggae, Bob Marley is almost always the main event. This month and next, though, another iconic Jamaican artist gets the spotlight. On the heels of his 75th birthday, ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. They say the pioneers get the arrows and the settlers get the land, yet King Tubby was always lord of his ...
Reggae was born in Jamaica, but it found a second home in the UK – the result of waves of post-war Caribbean migration, and the curatorial ambitions of labels like Chris Blackwell’s Island Records, ...
Reggae music has been around in various incarnations for several decades, originally arising out of the vibrant ska movement of Jamaica and permutating into several micro-genres including roots, dub, ...
Reggae music has a way of pulling people in with its laid-back rhythm, meaningful lyrics, and enduring energy. From legendary ...