Reggae and dub have shaped the evolution of various music styles. Nicolas-Tyrell Scott explores their influence on five key genres Across history, various forms of cultural production have expanded by ...

Asked about the revolutionary rhythms and songs created at his Black Ark studios in Kingston, Jamaica, reggae producer, dub innovator and studio icon Lee “Scratch” Perry described a cosmic process ...

When it comes to the history of reggae, Bob Marley is almost always the main event. This month and next, though, another iconic Jamaican artist gets the spotlight. On the heels of his 75th birthday, ...

The original practitioners established dub not just as a distinctive reggae offshoot, but as the prototype for all electronic music and its associated practices. By Patricia Meschino On a balmy late ...

Puerto Rican born and Los Angeles based Pachy Garcia, better known as Pachyman, is a modern day student of the founders of dub reggae. As a longtime collector of vintage recording gear, Garcia spent ...

Lee “Scratch” Perry, the monumental reggae singer, producer and studio wizard who pushed the boundaries of Jamaican music — and as a byproduct, rock, hip-hop and dance — with his explorations into dub ...

Reggae was born in Jamaica, but it found a second home in the UK – the result of waves of post-war Caribbean migration, and the curatorial ambitions of labels like Chris Blackwell’s Island Records, ...

After six decades of groundbreaking musical innovation, the "mad genius" of dub music and self-styled Upsetter has passed away in a Jamaican hospital. "Music is the only comforter, I'm telling you the ...

Dub Vendor, perhaps the most famous reggae record shop in the UK, has announced that it is closing down its store in Clapham Junction after damage sustained in the riots that took place in London last ...

In an industry filled with boundary-breaking visionaries and spectacularly accomplished eccentrics, Lee "Scratch" Perry stood out. The legendary producer of reggae and dub music has died at the age of ...