Bassist Robbie Shakespeare (left) and drummer Sly Dunbar.---- The enduring drum and bass team of Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar and Robert 'Robbie' Shakespeare are among this year's recipients of Musgrave Medals
Robbie Shakespeare & Family Man---- ROBBIE Shakespeare, who has played on some of the great reggae songs of the past 40 years, has been named Top Reggae Bass Player
By Simone Morgan---- AS the huge metal gates at the Tower Street Adult Correctional Facility are closed, the visitor is overcome by an eerie feeling of confinement. With security checks
Senegalese reggae artist, Thiecko, spends time with Sophia Brown after a performance at Kings Plaza last Tuesday night--- By Leighton Levy--- While reggae struggles to excite fans here in Jamaica, many musicians and
By Steve Karras---- Photo: Mark Squires--- Much has been made of Matisyahu since he took clippers to his dangling beard and side-curls, 86'd the black fedora and shockingly emerged
Roots singer Richie Spice's latest album, Richie Spice Acoustic — Soothing Sounds, is scheduled to be released in October. It contains 14 songs including Grooving Girl, Free and Youth So
By Howard Campbell------ In August, it will be 50 years since Jamaica gained Independence from Britain. Today, the Jamaica Observer's Entertainment section reflects on the influence Jamaican pop culture has
By Marlon Burrell: Did you know that Dennis Brown never formally voiced most of the hits songs he recorded for Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare? According to the engineer who