17 North Parade is proud to announce the release of Reggae Anthology – Niney The Observer: Roots With Quality and Reggae Rewind –Freddie McGregor: Mr. McGregor on January 13, 2009. These two essential albums...
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Originally, The Aggrolites started out as just a side project for two bands called the Vessels and the Rhythm Doctors. In 2002, these bands worked as a back-up band for Derrick Morgan, who is known to be a "Reggae...
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Even during an ALCS Red Sox game, rock and reggae brought a well-rounded crowd out to Showplace Live! in Foxboro last weekend.Headliners Toots and the Maytals took the stage and gave the crowd an encouraging...
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Anyone who knows anything about reggae music will be mourning the loss of this great man. He also happened to be just a normal bloke who lived over the road from me!"Rocksteady star Ellis dies at 70 ...
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On Saturday, the local band Peleja will host a dance concert, Reggae on the Mountain, at the Delaware Water Gap Hotel, Route 611, just north of the traffic light."There's lots of West Indians in the Poconos, and a...
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YOU KNOW THE MUSIC of John Holt even if you don't know his name. As the lead singer of the great Jamaican vocal group The Paragons, Holt was the voice behind such reggae hits as "On the Beach" and "My Best Girl,"...
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The sound of the Skatalites is, to a large degree, the sound of Jamaican ska records from the 60s, but the actual reason the group formed as 'The Skatalites' was to perform live. By June of 1964, the musicians who...
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Johnny Moore, a trumpeter and founding member of the pioneering Jamaican ska and reggae band The Skatalites, died of cancer on Saturday. He was 70.Moore died at a friend's house after being released from the...
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D'Angel promises both fans and observers that she plans to make her Reggae Sumfest debut performance spectacular with an unforgettable show. D'Angel explains the reason for her special performance plans: "I think that if you perform all the time and you always doing the same...