Dub
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Jah Wobble has produced a dub version of the Ukrainian national anthem with the folk-punk band The Ukrainians and former Siouxsie & The Banshees guitarist Jon Klein. “Ukrainian National Anthem in Dub” is a fundraiser that will raise money for a pair of charities aiding refugees: DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal and AUGB Help Ukraine Emergency…
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https://boomkat.com/products/four-quartets-of-love-and-modern-lash Scott Monteith and Paul St Hilaire are back with a second album together; four massive dub marathons you will just keep turning up. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.
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https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/vladislav-delay-sly-dunbar-robbie-shakespeare-500-push-up-cd/SR.499CD.html Sly & Robbie remain as ground shifting as ever; this recording with Finland’s highly regarded Sasu Ripatti, aka Vladislav Delay is one of the month’s must-listens. Kevin Press One-sentence music reviews (OSMR) are designed to spread the word about as many new releases as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Last night’s Lee Scratch Perry gig at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall was always going to be an event. The 81-year-old is that rare thing in music, an actual living legend. When the man who invented reggae steps to the microphone, he builds a kind of tension few octogenarians can muster. The last thing we needed…
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A lot of what you find filed under dub these days bears little resemblance to the Jamaican pioneers of the 1960s. Those early geniuses – King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry and the rest – were tasked with producing reggae single B-sides as cheaply as possible. In the process they invented a new genre to which today’s purveyors…
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