Nice Up (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Toots And The Maytals are the first act to be confirmed for Reggae SumFest UK, a new reggae festival brought to the UK in association with Reggae Sumfest Jamaica which has been operating for over 17 years.
The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Skip James - Hard Time Killin Floor Blues Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine Elmore James - I Need You Lucille Bogan - The Tricks ain't Walkin No More Carter Family - John Hardy was a Desperate Little Man Fred Williams and the Jewels Band - Tell Her Bob Dylan - Ballad of Hollis Brown John Prine - Rocky Mountain Time Tom Waits - Train Song Tom Waits 9th and Hennepin Uncle Tupelo - I Wanna Be Your...
Sixeyes (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
john cale in a flood brian eno here come the warm jets john vanderslice above the sea spoon the beast and dragon, adored the phantom band the howling richard buckner believer arab strap you shook me all night long toots and the maytals broadway jungle 98 the national slipping husband ben lee catch my disease the mountain goats lovecraft in brooklyn
The STA Official Label Blog Of Thoughts And Stuff® (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
We played a pretty standard, raucous show at the Hobgoblin in Brighton tonight, and having nipped out the back to get something from the van, I overheard this rather hilarious analysis from some hoorah henry with short blonde dreadlocks in a bandana that looked like his name was Nathaniel and his favourite album was Blood Sugar Sex Magick or Toots and The Maytals let rip a couple of absolute gems to...
Riddimjamaica (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
This 53-year-old is very much alive and (mid-air split) kicking, his performance defined by hustle and bustle and regular explosions of energy in his few feet of stage. Tucked between a guitarist, bassist, drummer and keyboards, he takes a song or two to get warmed up, and then he’s off, pumping fists with the front row, showboating and reciprocating the love of a crowd who recognise his place...
Twangville (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Seventy years. That’s right, this year marks the seventh decade the Blind Boys of Alabama have been performing. Sure, the personnel have undergone some changes in that time, but one of the original members, Clarence Fountain, still tours with them as his health allows. What’s more, they’ve never been as relevant to the current music [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
In this edition, Film Weekly visits the London film festival, now in full swing. Jason Solomons and Xan Brooks compare notes and discuss the three films that have starred George Clooney ( Fantastic Mr Fox , Up in the Air and The Men Who Stare at Goats ) before revealing their favourites so far – Jason highly recommends Jim Jarmusch's latest, The Limits of Control, as well as a brace of films...
DCist (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Beloved Dupont neighborhood watering hole Fox & Hounds returned to its roots this month, permanently bringing back its old, standard jukebox almost three years after the machine was replaced with a newfangled digital version. The old machine, with its painstakingly curated selection of compact discs, reappeared in the dark interior room of the bar about two weeks ago, much to the delight of regular...
An Awfully Big Blog Adventure (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
For those of you not au fait with Rodgers and Hammerstein's oeuvre, this young actor here is Gloria Grahame playing Ado(pronounced Aydo rather than ado) Annie off of Oklahoma, who sang the song and famously couldn't say No. Not a good attitude, some may say. But what can you do, if you want to avoid a proper job and still put food on the table, you have to be accommodating . And being accommodating...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Trevor Rhone co-wrote the script of The Harder They Come, the film starring the singer Jimmy Cliff that did much to introduce Jamaican music to a world audience and demonstrate the value of West Indian dramatic art.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Trevor Rhone, a leading Caribbean playwright and screenwriter who co-wrote the 1972 film "The Harder They Come," which helped introduce reggae music and urban Jamaican culture to international audiences, died Tuesday in a hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. Rhone, 69, had a heart attack.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Trevor Rhone, a leading Caribbean playwright and screenwriter who co-wrote the 1972 film The Harder They Come, which helped introduce reggae music and urban Jamaican culture to international audiences, died Tuesday in Kingston, Jamaica. Rhone, 69, had a heart attack.
Jamaica Gleaner :: Business (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has announced tourism and entertainment business mogul, Christopher Blackwell, as its 2009 inductee for the PSOJ Hall of Fame. Blackwell is the founder and chairman of Island Outpost...
MSNBC.com: Lifestyle (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Rhone is best known for co-writing “The Harder They Come,” Jamaica’s first feature film, in the early 1970s with Perry Henzell, a filmmaker who died in 2006.
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
After years of backing top acts like Sly and Robbie, Dennis Brown and Burning Spear, trombonist Ronald 'Nambo' Robinson gets his place in the spotlight tonight at the Red Bones Blues Café in St Andrew.
Videos