When Stick Mareebo arrived in Melbourne in the late 1980s, Jamaican sound system culture was essentially non-existent. “I used to have to travel up to Sydney to listen to a sound system called ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, the Jamaican drummer whose work in the rhythm section of Sly and Robbie built the backbone of ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Professor Mike Alleyne Ph.D is an award-winning author and editor. The legendary reggae drummer and producer has died at age 73, ...
The legendary drummer played with everyone from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...
The two-time Grammy winner was half of the influential rhythm section Sly & Robbie with bassist Robbie Shakespeare. By The Associated Press Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who ...
Sly Dunbar, the legendary Jamaican drummer who helped steer reggae‘s modern evolution while providing the backbeat to countless recordings, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, confirmed his ...
A stolen 1979 Cadillac belonging to actor Jerry O’Connell was recovered after a traffic stop on Pacific Coast Highway, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told NBC4 Investigates. A homeless ...
The long, winding, and often forked road that has led us to contemporary reggaeton has been traced often over the last decade. In the beginning it moved fast: in early-'90s Jamaica, Steely & Clive's ...