and you will be missed RIP John Holt http://pitchfork.com/news/57145-the-tide-is-high-reggae-singer-john-holt-has-died/

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August 2nd, 2014 Live bands and Reggae selectors all night! Sets by… JAMMYLAND ROOTS ENSEMBLE featuring MILTON HENRY – vocals, guitar IRA HEAPS – bass LARRY McDONALD – percussion CRAZY BALDHEAD SOUND SYSTEM & FRIENDS selecting Jamaican classics and rare gems! Guest selector MUSH ONE! ONLY $5! BYOB! Saturday, August 2nd BOHEMIAN GROVE 64 Grove […]

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Another Scorcher says au revoir to the lovely Last Exit, Banter here we come.. Join us in saying farewell to Last Exit, which has been Another Scorcher’s home for the past couple of years. We’re going out with a bang! Come help us celebrate our fabulous bartenders, reminisce the good times that we had and […]

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Sun 16 Feb 2014 :: Come join Skadanks & Friends for our weekly Reggae party “The Rub A Dub Club” :: every Sunday Night 10pm-??? @ Drom NYC Sunday, Feb. 16 will feature special guests Top Shotta Band featuring Screechy Dan + special guests selector Micro Don Dada & friends – – 10:30pm: Top Shotta […]

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Sat. 18 Feb 2012 :: Top Shotta Band & the Skatalites LIVE @ Brooklyn Bowl Top Shotta Band featuring original Screechy Dan longside the SKATALITES, & special guests Treasure Don and the Black Tiger Band – – all ages – ! More info TBA… Make it a date and don’t be late, Top Shotta Band […]

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THE LONG AWAITED RETURN OF LOVE SO NICE HAPPENS FEB 10TH AT THE LAKE FOR A MUCH NICER VERSION! NICER PEOPLE, NICER VIBES, NICER SOUND ALL AROUND!!! JOIN GRACE OF SPADES, JAH POINT & THE NICE PEOPLE OF EASTREV.COM FOR A MASSIVE NIGHT OF ROOTS, RUB A DUB & DANCEHALL VINYL SELECTIONS INNA D.I.Y. STYLE! […]

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“Leonard Dillon, the leader of the pioneering reggae group, The Ethiopians, has died in Jamaica at the age of 68. Dillon began his career using the stage name, Jack Sparrow, in the early 1960s. He recorded a series of ska songs, including Bull Whip, which featured a young Bob Marley on backing vocals. Dillon later […]

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“Sugar Minott, a popular Jamaican singer whose joyful, lilting voice bridged four decades of transformation in reggae music, died Saturday in Kingston, the nation’s capital. He was 54.” read obituary here http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/arts/music/14minott.html

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The Associated Press Saturday, October 11, 2008 LONDON: Reggae music pioneer Alton Ellis, who enjoyed a career revival in recent years after a string of hits in the 1960s, has died in a London hospital. He was 70. Officials at Hammersmith Hospital said Ellis died “peacefully” Friday and that his family did not wish to […]

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