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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
... for so long. I think it was ahead of its time.”He continued:“I did an album last year. It featured Sly and Robbie and all these old artists from the 70s. And if I’m honest, I don't really like the album! I’m not against the older musicians– they're my kind of age. But a lot of these musicians are still producing the sounds they produced 30 years ago. I think people need to move on.”In fairness,...
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The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
... Jamaican Guy,” feature one of pop’s best but least-known house bands: the Jamaican rhythm section Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, along with the French-African keyboardist Wally Badarou and the British guitarist Barry Reynolds. This is pop at its most gorgeously muddled—most of these songs could be called disco, funk, or reggae—and its particular sparkle and bounce has never been duplicated....
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
His album, ‘Sometimes’, released on his own Fi Wi Music label, peaked at the number one position on Jamaica’s national charts, the Jamaica Music Countdown, while simultaneously one of the singles from the album, the Sly and Robbie-produced Baby Tonight occupied the pole position on the reggae singles charts.
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Music News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
... Becker tells the Smoking Section. “Everything from Lee Perry to the Wailers , ‘Style’ Scott, Sly and Robbie , ‘Flabba’ Holt. Those rhythm sections are the ultimate, and I’m a rhythm guy.” Becker lays down some mean bass lines (backed by a crack band of Steely vets) on rock-steady tracks, and busts out awesome phrases such as “lachrymose musings,” “puke-streaked tunic” and “Kundalini now!”...
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
... new album brings African reggae together with Jamaican reggae by bringing Tyrone Downie as well as Sly and Robbie together.Alpha Blondy: [Downie] and I always wanted to work together, but we never had the opportunity to do so. But luckily, this time, we were able to come together on this project. Downie made the link with Sly and Robbie. Nobody can play reggae better than Sly and...
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
... December.He had top ten hits with Wild World in 1988 and Close To You in 1990.He has worked with Sly & Robbie, Roberta Flack, Shaggy, Shabba Ranks, Joe & Dennis Brown.Meanwhile, Ali Campbell is currently based in London where he is rehearsing a new band for probably the most important gig of his career, a showcase for his second solo album, Running Free, at the Royal Albert Hall."We've got...
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Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
... would be bigger and better next year", saw artistes like Buju Banton, Elephant Man, Jah Cure, Sly and Robbie, Shaggy and Ravon, industry veteran Ernie Ranglin who also received an award, Grace Jones and many more. One Caribbean Media Ltd secured the exclusive broadcast rights for the event.
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Jahsonic (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
“Funky Nassau” (1971) Beginning of the End “Funky Nassau” was a proto-disco composition released in 1971 by Bahamian group The Beginning of the End. “Funky Nassau” is now also a music compilation of Sly and Robbie’s Compass Point Studios mixes for compositions by Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club and Grace Jones, as well as lesser known [...]
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uncarved.org blog (Free subscription) | 01/24/2008
expletive undeleted Well, he needed a gentle nudge after me bigging up his accounts of seeing Crass and Jah Shaka in the early 80s, but Mr Smith3000 has returned to form with some great posts including: Checking Stone Love in JA, The Butthole Surfers in fine conversational form circa Locust Abortion Technician, Sly and Robbie.
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DLD (Free subscription) | 01/24/2008
One of the most respected electronic composers of the '90s, Howie B is a sonic polymath whose production work with U2, Bjork, Tricky, Brian Eno, Sinead O'Connor, Sly and Robbie and Everything but the Girl has made him an ace hired gun often called upon to give pop stars credit in the dance world. By the mid 80s he was part of Soul II Soul's 'weekend posse' and reinforced the connection with...
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 01/24/2008
... Maness from Long Beach All Stars, Bad Boy, featuring Sizzla, Children of His Majesty, featuring Sly and Robbie and Mind Over Matter.The latter, Half Pint told the Observer, is his personal favourite. "It's produced by Pete from High Rise studio and it really reflects on the power of the mind. Give it a listen," he urged.Half Pint's manager, Loyal Haylett, told the Observer that he is very...
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black country grammar (Free subscription) | 01/21/2008
News has broken today that former Take That member (and all round dickhead) Robbie Williams has been recording with Blockhead/Disco Expert Chaz Jankel. Williams has had some interesting producers over the last few years, including Mark Ronson, Soul Mekanik and has sampled the likes of Sly and Robbie. It's a bit of a pity that with that kind of pedigree, some of his output has been so...
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CD Reviews by C60Crew (Free subscription) | 01/19/2008
... to other reggae/dub artists such as Linton Kwesi Johnson, Yabby U, I Roy, Bob Marley, Big Youth, Sly and Robbie, Mad Professor and Lee "Scratch" Perry. This is a great resource if you've always wanted to know more about Jamaican-based music (ie. nyabinghi, dub, rock steady, dancehall, reggae) and hadn't known where to start. Just read this book, jot down people and album titles and search...
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 12/09/2007
Howard Campbell, Gleaner WriterSly and Robbie - File Sly and Robbie - File FOUR previous winners of the Best Reggae Album Grammy Award have been nominated for the 2008 category, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) announced Thursday.The nominees are Burning Spear for The Burning Spear Experience; Stephen Marley for Mind Control; Lee 'Scratch' Perry with The End...
