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Lee Scratch Perry

Music Review: Spain’s Rototom Sunsplash — Bad Politics and Good Music at Major Reggae Fest

This year’s fiasco at Rototom Sunsplash proved that political energies can drive great art but have no place when it comes to programming and curation.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Alberto Tarin Jazz & Reggae Band, Bunny Lee, Bunny Wailer, Clinton Fearon, Habakuk, Hollie Cook, Lee Scratch Perry, Matisyahu, Ras Flaco, reggae, Reggae University, Rototom Sunsplash festival, The Pioneers

Music Commentary: Talent Beyond Time — Music Veterans Quietly Have a Landmark Year

Of course this Social Security Six is a fluke, not a trend. And at first, the albums seem to have nothing in common beyond persistence and determination by the leaders. And not even that.

By: Milo Miles Filed Under: Music, Popular Music, World Music Tagged: Andrew Hill, Bob-Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lee Scratch Perry, Milo Miles, Ornette Coleman, Social Security Six, Sonny-Rollins

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