Reggae

Reggae Remembrance 

Reggae Icon Max Romeo Gone at 80

April 16, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Jamaica, Lee Scratch Perry, Max Romeo, Reggae, RIP

Farewell to one of the greatest roots rockers in Jamaican culture

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Reggae 

Matisyahu: The Fire of Freedom

February 13, 2024February 13, 2024 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2024, Bob Marley, Hold The Fire. Fallen Sparks, Matisyahu, Matthew Paul Miller, Phish, Reggae, Sizzla

A new EP unleashes the tiger inside the celebrated reggae crossover artist

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New Wave Pop Punk Reggae Rock 

So Lonely: The Police’s Outlandos d’Amour at 45

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Andy Summers, Gordon Sumner, Outlandos d’Amour, Roxanne, So Lonely, Stewart Copeland, Sting, The Police

Looking back on the band’s blueprint for future success

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Punk Reggae Rock 

Streetwise Professors: Rancid’s Life Won’t Wait Turns 25

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Buju Banton, Epitaph Records, Lars Frederiksen, Life Won't Wait, Matt Freeman, Rancid, Tim Armstrong

Looking back on the West Coast punk rockers’ greatest album

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Art Pop Disco Dub/Reggae Funk New Wave Reggae Soul 

Grace Jones at 74: Surviving and Thriving in Her Eighth Decade

October 28, 2022July 21, 2024 Kathy Fennessy 1 Comment ” Chic, 74th birthday, Bahamas, Bernard Edwards, Beyonce, Brian Eno, Compass Point, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Hurricane, Iggy Pop, Inside Story, Jerry Hall, Jessica Lange, Liz Fraser, Massive Attack, Nile Rodgers, Seattle, Slave to the Rhythm, Studio 54, Tom Moulton, Warm Leatherette

Looking back on the career of the legendary singer/model/actress who defies convention

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Dub/Reggae Reggae Remembrance 

The Eternal Bloodlight of Robbie Shakespeare

December 10, 2021April 3, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, Aston "Familyman" Barrett, Bass Guitar, Beenie Man, Bob Marley, Bounty Killer, Bunny "Striker" Lee, Capleton, Dub, King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry, Reggae, RIP, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly & Robbie, Sly and Robbie, The Revolutionaries

Legendary Bass Player, Songwriter and Record Producer has died 

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Dub/Reggae Folk Pub Rock Punk Reggae Rock 

ALBUMS: Eternal Strummer

May 30, 2021May 30, 2021 Ron Hart 1 Comment Assembly, Dark Horse Records, Dhani Harrison, Earthquake Weather, George Harrison, Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Rudie Can’t Fail, The Clash

The third or fourth Joe Strummer compilation in a decade captures the quintessence of the late Clash frontman

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Reggae Remembrance 

LISTEN: Farewell, Bunny Wailer

March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Jamaica, Peter Tosh, Reggae, RIP

The last surviving member of the original Wailers was 73

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Funk Reggae Soul 

As If You Read My Mind: Hotter Than July at 40

September 29, 2020September 30, 2020 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 1980, Happy Birthday, Hotter Than July, Jammin (Master Blaster), Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants, Lately, Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder, Tamla

The 19th studio album from Stevie Wonder kicked off the most successful decade of his career

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Blues Folk Latin New Wave Pop Pub Rock Punk Reggae Remembrance Rockabilly 

Happy Birthday Joe Strummer

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Albert Hammond Jr., Beto O'Rourke, Bob Gruen, Bob Weir, Brian Fallon, Bruce Springsteen, Cherry Glazerr, Dhani Harrison, Hinds, HR of Bad Brains, Jim Jarmusch, Joe Ely, Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Lucinda Williams, Matt Dillon, Save Our Stages, Spider Stacy and Cait O'Riordan of The Pogues, Steve Buscemi, The Clash, Tom Morello

The late punk icon would’ve turned 68

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Dub/Reggae Funk New Wave Pop Punk Radio Rap Reggae 

LISTEN: Debbie Harry Is 75

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 75th birthday, Blondie, Debbie Harry, Happy Birthday, KooKoo

We celebrate the birthday of a New York City icon with an exclusive solo years mixtape

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New Wave Pop Reggae Video 

MTV Killed the VIDEOSTAR

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Carey Allan 2 Comments 999, AC/DC, Bad Manners, Barbara Jones, Body Talk, Buggles, Can’t Get Enough Of You, Depeche Mode, Dire Straits, Donna Summer, Duran Duran, Eddy Grant, Elvis Costello, Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime, Feels Like I’m In Love, Genesis, Hanging Around, Hazel O’Connor, Human League, Imagination, In And Out Of Love, In The Air Tonight, Intuition, Japan, Johnny And Mary, Just Can’t Get Enough, Just When I Need You Most, Kelly Marie, Kiki Dee, Kim Wilde, Korgis, Leo Sayer, Linx, My Simple Heart, No Reply At All, Obsessed, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Queen, Quiet Life, Robert Palmer, Sky, Star, Stevie Nicks, The Three Degrees, Thunder In My Heart, Tina Turner, Toccata, Tunnel Of Love, Video Killed The Radio Star, VIDEOSTARS, Walking In The Sunshine, Whitney Houston

An inside look at the world’s very first music compilation for video cassette

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Dub/Reggae Reggae Roots Ska Soul 

Bob Marley Beyond Legend: Deep Cuts from a Lifetime Listener

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Jeremy Shatan 2 Comments Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Chris Blackwell, Coxsone Dodd, Island Records, Judy Mowatt, Lee Scratch Perry, Peter Tosh, Rita Marley, Studio One, the I-Threes

In continuance of our celebration of Bob’s 75th birthday, writer Jeremy Shatan picks his faves across all three eras of his tragically truncated career

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Dub/Reggae Reggae Remembrance Roots Ska 

LISTEN: The Rock & Roll Globe Presents a Bob Marley 75th Birthday Megamix

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 75th birthday, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Dub, Legend, Playlist, Reggae, Reggae Music

In celebration of this landmark birthday for the reggae icon, a Spotify playlist that dives deep into his ocean of Irie

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