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Category - Reggae/Ska
The relationship of the three reggae giants who emerged from The Wailers — Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer — predate the formation of the...
HT: DJW Reggae led by the horns. Very enjoyable. Here is more on Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe: Fresh off The Rolling Stones Zip Code Tour, which played...
HT: MC AllMusic’s Jo-Ann Greene summed up the status of Desmond Dekker in her long and detailed profile: Probably no other Jamaican artist has brought more...
The song above is “Canopy.” This is from the band’s Facebook page: Singers Phil Grajko and Michel Aubertin met in an NYC studio in the summer...
Vill du veta vad som händer i reggae? Okej, det är lätt. Bara kolla vad som händer i Sverige. Min dotter föreslog på länken ovan, som är låten...
This is the beginning of Wikipedia’s profile of the influence band The Specials: The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are a 2...
The visuals in both of these videos — Funky Kingston (above) and Sweet and Dandy (below) are fabulous, as is the music. The Sweet and Dandy clip is...
I cross post The Daily Music Break at Daily Kos, a political/cultural site. In December, I did a post on the influential ska/reggae band The Skatalites. A...
Reading Music
The stories of the great bands and musicians are fascinating. Musicians as a group are brilliant, but often troubled. The combination of creativity and drama makes for great reading.
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Here are some books to check out.
Duke Ellington brought class, sophistication and style to jazz which, until that point, was proudly unpolished and raucous. His story is profound. The author, Terry Teachout, also wrote "Pops," the acclaimed bio of Louis Armstrong. Click here or on the image.
What else is there to say? Here is the story behind every song written by The Beatles. Click here or on the image.
The Grateful Dead don't get enough credit for the profound nature of its lyrics. Many of the band's songs are driven by a deep and literate Americana ("I'm Uncle Sam/That's who I am/Been hidin' out/In a rock and roll band" and "Majordomo Billy Bojangles/Sit down and have a drink with me/What's this about Alabama/Keeps comin' back to me?").
David Dodd's exhaustive study tells the story, song by song. Click here or on the image.