Dub/Reggae Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

The First Cut Is The Deepest: The Slits’ Classic Debut Turns 40

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Ari Up, Cut, Dennis Bovell, Island Records, Palmolive, Punky Reggae Party, Reggae, Teresa Pollitt, The Clash, The Police, The Ruts, The Slits, Typical Girls, Viv Albertine

They were a band willing and able to transcend their peers’ three-chord pop songs and political sloganeering to create something that really did chip away at the rock ‘n’ roll myth

Dub/Reggae Electronics Folk Hip Hop jazz

Cause All I Have Left is My Memories of Yesterday: Dummy at 25

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1994, Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons, Clive Deamer, Dummy, Geoff Barrow, Glory Box, Island Records, Portishead, Sour Times

How Portishead got me through college in the mid-90s

Dub/Reggae

Steel Pulse: Grooving on Reality, Natural and True to Themselves

August 16, 2019August 20, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments African Holocaust, Baruch Hinds, Birmingham, David Hinds, England, Mass Manipulation, Reggae, Steel Pulse, Steve Winwood

An exclusive chat with legendary bandleader David Hinds

Alternative Rock Dub/Reggae Hip Hop

A Quarter Century of Omaha Style: Grassroots at 25

August 8, 2019August 9, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1994, 25th Anniversary, 311, 311 Voyager, Aaron "P-Nut" Wills, Capricorn Records, Chad Sexton, Doug "S.A." Martinez, Grassroots, Nick Hexum, P-Nut, Sublime, Tim Mahoney

311’s second album established the foundation for their music going forward

Dub/Reggae Electronic jazz Punk

Coping With Cowardice in the 21st Century

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments Adrian Sherwood, Bristol, Mark Stewart, The Pop Group, Trent Reznor

An exclusive chat with The Pop Group’s Mark Stewart

Dub/Reggae

JÄH DIVISION Reunited, Making Nostalgia Irie Again

February 4, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn, Jah Division, Joy Division, Kid Millions

In a time when most either reject nostalgia or embrace it wholeheartedly, a Brooklyn dub tribute band dares us to present in the groove

Blues Dub/Reggae Rock Soul

30 Years Later, Talk Is Still Cheap

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, Steve Jordan

Celebrating Keith Richards’ solo classic

Country and/or Western Dub/Reggae Hip Hop Pop Progressive Rock Punk Rock Soul

No Small Victory

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Saby Reyes-Kulkarni 0 Comments Billy Gould, Chris Cornell, Chuck Mosley, Courtney Love, Faith No More, Jim Martin, Jon Hudson, Mike Bordin, Mike Patton, Mr. Bungle, Paula Frazer, Roddy Bottum, Steve Berlin

A Playlist Companion to New Faith No More Book

Dub/Reggae Pop Punk Rock Soul World

Global a Joe-Joe

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Alex Cox, Joe Strummer, The 101ers, The Clash, The Mescaleros

A revelatory new box set collects rarities from the late Joe Strummer, highlighting how his worldly philosophies and strong songwriting took root in many genres

Dub/Reggae Soul

Kaya at 40

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1978, 40th Anniversary, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Stephen Marley

A potent classic still informs Bob Marley’s mantra four decades on