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LONG before 2-Tone, Britain’s reggae-loving youth were grooving at blues parties to roots reggae, pumped out of huge speakers, with a bassline that could loosen your fillings.
Exploring the roots of reggae’s Sound Systems - Coventry Telegraph

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• Interview With Reggae Star, Jimmy Cliff
• Is Patois Doomed in a Global World?
• iTunes bans Buju, TOK, Ele
• Interview with Tapper Zukie
• Dance Hall Music and Jamaican Society
• Bob Marley’s Mother Passes Away In S. Fla. Home

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Friends look back at the life and legacy of Mikey Dread

During his lifetime, Joe Gibbs produced some of the finest recordings to see issue in Jamaica. His role in the development of Reggae during the sixties and seventies was immense and his passing yet another terrible blow to an industry that in recent years has lost some of its most influential and inspiring figures.
Joe Gibbs Passes Away @ Trojan Records website

Update: Industry reacts to Joe Gibbs’ death

Image was originally uploaded by lauterhaus. Screenshot taken from the film Rockers, 1978.

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In Jamaica, seven-inch singles are completely extinct; DJs have ditched their turntables. Will the digital revolution mean the end of traditional reggae?

‘Vinyl has been eliminated’ | Urban | Guardian Unlimited Music