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Reggae

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Lee "Scratch" Perry at Cedar Cultural Center, 5/23/12

    Lee "Scratch" PerryCedar Cultural CenterWednesday, May 24, 2012View a slideshow from the concert here.On a warm and rainy evening, the reggae minions of the Twin Cities filled up the Cedar Cultural Center to greet and groove along to a musical legend, Lee "Scratch" Perry for a sold-out show. While l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Lee "Scratch" Perry playing the Cedar Wednesday

    So far the spring has been a bit of a buzzkill for reggae in the Twin Cities. Both the Itals who were set to play the Cedar Cultural Center in March and the Meditations that same week were to perform in the Seventh Street Entry but had their gigs cancelled. Word was in each case it had something to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    SXSW: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at ACL Live

    ​By Craig HlavatyBruce Springsteen's Thursday started with a keynote speech in one of the big ballrooms at the Austin Convention Center, and ended with a mythic three-hour set at ACL Live across town, in front of a few thousand people cooing "Bruce."The keynote and the show went hand in hand. If y ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 5, 2011

    Ziggy Marley

    ​By Craig HlavatyBruce Springsteen's Thursday started with a keynote speech in one of the big ballrooms at the Austin Convention Center, and ended with a mythic three-hour set at ACL Live across town, in front of a few thousand people cooing "Bruce."The keynote and the show went hand in hand. If y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Weekend Checklist: Basilica Block Party, Josh Groban, Katy Perry, Warped Tour

    ​So here's to all those summer nights when my feet hit the sand, the waves break my fall, and all my friends outnumber the stars.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Toots and the Maytals coming to the Minnesota Zoo Saturday

    ​Twin Cities soul and reggae fans are blessed whenever Frederick "Toots" Hibbert brings his party to town. At 65, Toots still delivers his action packed deluge of roots reggae hits from "Sweet and Dandy," "Do the Reggae," "Time Tough," and "Monkey Man," all the while revving up his band and tu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2011

    Toots & the Maytals

    ​Twin Cities soul and reggae fans are blessed whenever Frederick "Toots" Hibbert brings his party to town. At 65, Toots still delivers his action packed deluge of roots reggae hits from "Sweet and Dandy," "Do the Reggae," "Time Tough," and "Monkey Man," all the while revving up his band and tu ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2011

    Stephen Marley

    ​Twin Cities soul and reggae fans are blessed whenever Frederick "Toots" Hibbert brings his party to town. At 65, Toots still delivers his action packed deluge of roots reggae hits from "Sweet and Dandy," "Do the Reggae," "Time Tough," and "Monkey Man," all the while revving up his band and tu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Ms. Lauryn Hill at First Avenue, 1/18/11

    Photo by Ben Clark​Ms. Lauryn HillJanuary 18, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisEveryone loves a scintillating, juicy headline. That's the only plausible explanation I can think of for all the hoopla surrounding Ms. Hill's current tour, as an overwhelming majority of people online and in attendance at ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 25, 2010

    Big Head Todd & the Monsters

    Photo by Ben Clark​Ms. Lauryn HillJanuary 18, 2011First Avenue, MinneapolisEveryone loves a scintillating, juicy headline. That's the only plausible explanation I can think of for all the hoopla surrounding Ms. Hill's current tour, as an overwhelming majority of people online and in attendance at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Jimmy Cliff at the Minnesota Zoo, 8/7/10

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Jimmy CliffAugust 7, 2010Minnesota Zoo Weesner AmphitheaterJimmy Cliff didn't let the heat (or his age) slow him down in an electrified performance of protest music, songs of hope and a stellar delivery of his most well known songs from one of the most popular reggae records ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2010

    Chromeo, Glamorama, Psalm One, and more: Critics' Picks

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Jimmy CliffAugust 7, 2010Minnesota Zoo Weesner AmphitheaterJimmy Cliff didn't let the heat (or his age) slow him down in an electrified performance of protest music, songs of hope and a stellar delivery of his most well known songs from one of the most popular reggae records ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 28, 2010

    Jimmy Cliff

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Jimmy CliffAugust 7, 2010Minnesota Zoo Weesner AmphitheaterJimmy Cliff didn't let the heat (or his age) slow him down in an electrified performance of protest music, songs of hope and a stellar delivery of his most well known songs from one of the most popular reggae records ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2010

    III Kings Soundsystem

    Photos by Steve Cohen​Jimmy CliffAugust 7, 2010Minnesota Zoo Weesner AmphitheaterJimmy Cliff didn't let the heat (or his age) slow him down in an electrified performance of protest music, songs of hope and a stellar delivery of his most well known songs from one of the most popular reggae records ... More >>

  • Music

    June 23, 2010

    Mates of State, Idle Hands, and more

    Critics' Picks for this week

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2010

    The Wailers

    Critics' Picks for this week

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Toots and the Maytals bring the party to First Ave

    ​What more can be said about Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert and his legendary band, the Maytals? Other than his unrelenting ability to bring the party of high energy and positivity keeping a much more than half-full First Avenue on their feet all night. Whether it was his faithful devotees o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2010

    III Kings Soundsystem

    ​What more can be said about Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert and his legendary band, the Maytals? Other than his unrelenting ability to bring the party of high energy and positivity keeping a much more than half-full First Avenue on their feet all night. Whether it was his faithful devotees o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    Shaggy releases a song with Sean Paul and Sean Kingston

    For those of you that thought you'd never hear another Shaggy song again, you're in for a sappy surprise.

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2009

    One Love Movement

    For those of you that thought you'd never hear another Shaggy song again, you're in for a sappy surprise.

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Drum & Bass dead? Not in the Twin Cities

    All the grimy soldiers of D&B are coming out tonight. Be forewarned.

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2009

    Toots & the Maytals

    All the grimy soldiers of D&B are coming out tonight. Be forewarned.

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2009

    Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

    All the grimy soldiers of D&B are coming out tonight. Be forewarned.

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2009

    The Aggrolites

    All the grimy soldiers of D&B are coming out tonight. Be forewarned.

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    April preview and quarterly Top 10s

    5. Trama, Mr. T ziptape, out as a free download on April 14: Comedic highlight: "If I Was Emo," in which our hero croons, "I would get great reviews in the hip-hop local news/because I'm not seen as a threat, and my rhymes make you boo-hoo-hoo/If I was emo, I wouldn't have to wear gold/and my fake f ... More >>

  • Music

    February 11, 2009

    Slumdog Chamillionaire

    Rapper K'Naan makes peace with Somalia, and pop for the world

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2009

    III Kings Soundsystem

    Rapper K'Naan makes peace with Somalia, and pop for the world

  • Music

    October 29, 2008

    Dub Colossus: Dub Colossus in a Town Called Addis

    Rapper K'Naan makes peace with Somalia, and pop for the world

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2008

    III Kings Sound System

    Rapper K'Naan makes peace with Somalia, and pop for the world

  • Music

    July 30, 2008

    K-Salaam & Beatnick: Whose World Is This?

    Rapper K'Naan makes peace with Somalia, and pop for the world

  • Calendar

    February 13, 2008

    Bedouin Soundclash

    Rapper K'Naan makes peace with Somalia, and pop for the world

  • Music

    August 1, 2007

    Femi Kuti outshines the Wailers at the Zoo

    Rapper K'Naan makes peace with Somalia, and pop for the world

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Richie Spice: In the Streets of Africa

    Rapper K'Naan makes peace with Somalia, and pop for the world

  • Music

    December 27, 2006

    Everlasting Sounds

    Ten of the year's most timeless records

  • News

    November 22, 2006

    Reggaetón Animal

    Immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution: Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2006

    Complicated Dread: the Mikey Dread interview

    Immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution: Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2006

    Desmond Dekker Came First

    Immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution: Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2004

    Crucial Jamaican music links:

    Immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution: Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2004

    Toots and the Maytals: Never Grow Old

    Immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution: Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot

  • Music

    June 23, 2004

    Doctor Alimantado: Born for a Purpose

    Immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution: Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot

  • Music

    June 9, 2004

    various artists: Marmalade and various artists: Grime

    Immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution: Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot

  • Music

    October 8, 2003

    Remarc: Sound Murderer

    Immigrant dreams, dirty dancing, and the revolution: Meet the new Latin hip hop of Maria Isa and Danny y Elliot

  • Music

    July 11, 2001

    The Apostle

    Toots Hibbert gave reggae its name. Now he wants to save its soul.

  • Music

    April 5, 2000

    Sound Check

    Toots Hibbert gave reggae its name. Now he wants to save its soul.

  • Music

    February 9, 2000

    Being Bob Marley

    Toots Hibbert gave reggae its name. Now he wants to save its soul.

  • Music

    June 23, 1999

    Unchained Melodica

    Chasing the echoes of late dub pioneer Augustus Pablo

  • Music

    September 2, 1998

    DJ Spooky: Riddim Warfare

    Chasing the echoes of late dub pioneer Augustus Pablo

  • Music

    June 17, 1998

    Beenie Man: Many Moods of Moses

    Chasing the echoes of late dub pioneer Augustus Pablo

  • Music

    August 13, 1997

    Lee "Scratch" Perry

    Chasing the echoes of late dub pioneer Augustus Pablo

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