Nice Up (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Culture, perhaps more than any other group or artist gave reggae music an identity towards the end of the seventies. They were very close to the roots of the music then, and they are just as close today.
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
PETER SIMON and Roger Steffens were big-time lovers of Jamaican pop culture when they first met in 1981. Last year, the two Americans pooled their knowledge and produced The Reggae Scrapbook which has been getting strong reviews since it was released in November.
MyJoyonline (Free subscription) | 12/31/2007
The world is still mourning the death of two reggae legends, Lucky Dube and Culture, known in real life as Joseph Hill.
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 12/30/2007
Kenneth Dayes, a founding member of Culture, the group led by the late Joseph Hill, has put out his debut solo album called Still I've Got Love.
Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 10/23/2007
A devoutly Rastafarian vocal group led by Joseph Hill, Culture released this, their debut album, in 1977; enshrined in the canon as a roots-reggae classic, the record has been reissued in expanded form with a new running order.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/01/2007
... ability, very strong.Born to Agnes Aggrey, SSNIT, Swedru and Stephen Eduful, Michael, who admires Joseph Hill (Culture) and Kwaadee believes the sports academy provides him and his mates the right platform to launch into the deep in their separate careers. © 2007 Ghanaian Chronicle. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 08/21/2007
My cell phone was abuzz with messages from friends on August 20, 2006, informing me that my childhood hero, Joseph Hill of Culture, had passed away while on tour in Berlin the day before.
undomondo (Free subscription) | 08/14/2007
Marcus Garvey 30 years ago on 7/7/77 Reggae trio of Joseph Hill, Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes, Culture released their seminal debut. Of course I wasn't even around back then but I’m probably sure I’d have gone rasta the second I heard the beginning notes of anthemic “Black Starliner must come.” How can you not heed [...]
SPLENDIDA PROJECT (Free subscription) | 07/30/2007
This year marks the 30th anniversary of two of the most important, most beloved and probably best reggae records ever; Exodus by Bob Marley & the Wailers and Two Sevens Clash by Culture . It was Marleys fifth studioalbum for Virgin, and the band and the bandleader were at their peak - notwithstanding the fact that Marley had been shot in an attempt to kill him. To let things cool off at JA,...
