Music

Going to rock concerts has always meant dealing with a bunch of unruly people, many of them very drunk – but it seems like lately things have been worse than ever. Attention spans are at an all-time low, and the ubiquity of smartphones has resulted in a huge percentage of the audience at any givenRead More …

To kick off 2013, DJ Premier revisits 2012 listing his top 20 favorite albums from the last 12 months. Every time we venture into a new year, revisiting the past one reminds of us just how much great music actually hit the scene in 2012. After naming our top albums of the year along withRead More …

Can you smile without emotion?” That’s what Daito Manabe asks in the video above. It’s the sort of question many of his digital art projects begin with, leading him to experiment with myoelectric sensors to turn people’s faces into human drum machine. A similar endeavor recently saw him visualizing FaltyDL’s music using jerky, electrified movementsRead More …

Paul Simon’s English period – the year or two in the mid-60s he spent touring folk clubs here as a relative unknown – inspired some of Simon & Garfunkel’s best-loved work, including Homeward Bound and Kathy’s Song. But my favourite from this fertile time is A Most Peculiar Man, the understated story of a suicideRead More …

  Prolific session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan, who played on hits by stars including Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Dusty Springfield, has died. Sullivan, 71, was reputed to have played on more than 1,000 hits including 55 number one singles. His credits included Petula Clark’s Downtown, What’s New Pussycat by Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey’s GoldfingerRead More …

Where’s your head at?  Are you in a mood that you want to be in – or are you in a state of mind that you’d like to get out of? With Brain Shift Radio, created by the Strong Institute, you can choose how you want to feel. The station is based on nearly 30Read More …

Snoop Dogg wants you to know that he’s tired of hip-hop, is Bob Marley reincarnated and is embracing reggae instead of the culture of guns he once rapped about. Also, he’s got a new name: Snoop Lion. The artist said at a news conference in New York that he was “born again” during a visitRead More …

“I never get tired of singing Many Rivers to Cross, and you know why?” asks Jimmy Cliff. “Cause I still have many rivers to cross. They’re just different rivers.” At 64, the original reggae star is back with a new album, Rebirth. It is an outstanding set of uplifting, spiritual songs on which his voiceRead More …

We met Luciano, whose true name is Jepther McClymont. Born in Davey Town (Manchester), Jamaica, in 1974, he is on the musical reggae scene from the beginning of the 90’s, and his experience and his songs have given him the appellative of “The Messenger”, the one who have made possible the rebirth Rasta in theRead More …

  A short chat with one of the legend of jamaican reggae   In the thirty-seven years between his accidental meeting with Bob Marley on a country road in St. Ann’s, Jamaica and the release of Our Music, Winston Rodney, a.k.a. Burning Spear, has seen a lot of growth and change in his reggae experience.Read More …