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THE TAKEOVA: HOW THE REGGAE COMMUNITY KEEPS CULTURE KICKING THROUGH COVID

Written by NOAH SCHAFFER Posted October 14, 2020 Filed Under: MUSIC

“Right now it’s easy to lose sight that there is so much good going on.”

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Greg Roy, JahRiffe, Reggae, Reggae Takeova

MIGHTY MYSTIC: ON MAKING MUSIC DURING COVID, HIS PRIME MINISTER BROTHER, AND MORE

Written by ROB DUGUAY Posted October 1, 2020 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

"This is largely due to the stress that the world is going through, and I felt we could all do well with some happy, upbeat vibes in our lives."

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Andrew Holness, Kevin Holness, Mighty Mystic, Reggae

MUSIC NOTES: W.O.K.E. + GRANTS + TUFF GONG BOSTON

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews

“Grants are allocated in the areas of recording or manufacturing assistance, publicity and marketing support, equipment and instruments, songwriting retreats, tour support, special projects and other specific activities that promote artists work and/or professional growth.” 

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews Tagged With: Allison de Groot, Greg Roy, Iguana Music Fund, Jon Glass, Lateb, Oblivious, Passim, Prateek, Reggae, Tuff Gong, Volkan Efe, W.O.K.E.

GREG ROY: ON PAYING DUES, PRODUCING, AND GIGGING AS A REGGAE ARTIST BASED IN BOSTON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 3, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

"Gregory Isaacs is another one—I’m named after him. My father’s argument was that Gregory Isaacs was the real deal."

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Bob Marley, Boston, Boston Music Awards, Greg Roy, Jamaica, Reggae

MASS MANIPULATION: STEEL PULSE, ACTIVIST REGGAE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NAMING NAMES

Written by DOUG HALL Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Reviews

“To speak universally about pain and suffering we will call out injustice. That’s what we do.”

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Mass manipulation, Reggae, Steel Pulse

MASS ROOTS: A NEW BOOK AND COMPILATION BRILLIANTLY SHOWCASE THE FIRST DECADE OF REGGAE IN BOSTON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

"That’s what makes it most uniquely Boston, that great mix of immigrants and students, which is what our city is."

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: 1980s, Blue Hill Ave, Boston, Cambridge, Caribbean music, danny tucker, Downtown Studio, i-tones, Music, peter simon, Reggae, Reissue, take us home, western front, zion initation

TOOTS TALKS: A REGGAE HERO REFLECTS BACK ON HALF A CENTURY OF TOURING

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 22, 2018 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

The fact that he’s still jamming and flexing his legendary smooth but rugged vocals isn’t merely remarkable because he is 75 years old, but also because five years ago, it looked like he would never sing in public again.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Bob Marley, cranking and skanking, Reggae, Toots Hibbert

GANG OF FOUR: A QUARTET OF KILLER LOCAL NEW RELEASES REVIEWED

Written by MARTIN CABALLERO Posted March 26, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews

With Krill, it’s not a matter of if they will surprise, but merely how.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: a distant fist unclenching, A$AP Ferg, avenue, bass riffs, brain problem, build a machine, desert sessions, Ed Edd n Eddie, fat p, HiFadility, hip hop, Krill, local music, lucky leaves, new release, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, rap, Reggae, The Chandelier View

BREAK THE CHAINS: BOSTON’S ALL GENDER, ALL GENRE DANCE PARTY

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted January 6, 2015 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

“This dance party is about breaking down the systems that oppress and divide us and having a ton of fun while doing it … This is not a gay dance party or a lesbian night. It’s an event for people of all genders and sexualities to come together around awesome music, social justice, and community.”

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: activist, Afro-Latin, anti-racist, Boston, Break the Chains, community organizer, dance party, Defiance, Evan Greer, genders, Hi Dive, inter-generational, Jamaica Plain, Kazi Toure, LGBTQ, Make Shift Boston, Marta Rodgruez, Music, Myriam Ortiz, Ohio, Puerto Rican singer, Purple 7m, queer, queer community, Qusharia Perry, Reggae, rock, singer, songwriter, Spontaneous Celebrations, Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde, The Shondes

LYKKE LI VS. FRIENDLY FIRES: “I’M GOOD, I’M GONE”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted September 26, 2014 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Run For Cover

Friendly Fires made “I’m Good, I’m Gone” a sultry dance track to end your evening on the perfect note. Make sure to use it as such.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Run For Cover Tagged With: 2007, 2008, Bodybuilders, Boston, Column, Columnist, Dance, debut, Dig, DigBoston, Electronic, England, English, Europe, Friendly Fires, german, Green Day, How Deep is Your Love, India!, Indie, Indietronica, Kompakt, Lykke Li, Megaphone, Mercury Music Prize, Morocco, Music, Music Video, Nina Corcoran, Paris, Photography, pop, portugal, Punk, radio, Reggae, Run for Cover, saxophone, singer songwriter, Stop motion, Sweden, The Rapture, Youth Novels

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