Sly Dunbar

Happy Birthday Sly Dunbar. ‘Sly from the Dunbar Family’

This day (May 10, 1952), in Kingston, Jamaica, is born Lowell 'Sly' Fillmore Dunbar a.k.a Sly Dunbar, a drummer usually orking together with bassist Robbie Shakespeare.Tracklist : 1 . Ernest...

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Ernest, Monty, Sly & Robbie ‘reggaefy’ Tokyo (2011)

November 7, 2011 - The Jamaican Legends - that is Ernest Ranglin, Monty Alexander, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Skakes - share the stage at Blue Note in Tokyo, Japan

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Grace Jones releases ‘Nightclubbing,’ her fifth album featuring ‘Pull Up to the Bumper’ (1981)

Grace Jones' 'Nightclubbing' is her fifth studio album recorded at At Compass Point, Bahamas with a team of session musicians and released on May 11, 1981.Track Listing : 1.Walking In...

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This week In Soul Artists 19/52

Rick James, The Temptations, Earth, Wind, Fire, Usher, Donna Summer, The Jackson 5, Thelma Houston, Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Black Uhuru, Peter Tosh, Grace Jones

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Island publish Grace Jones’ fourth album : ‘Warm Leatherette’ featuring ‘Private Life’ (1980)

Grace Jones' 'Warm Leatherette' is her fourth (more reggae & New Wave than disco) studio album released on May 9, 1980 by Island. Track Listing : 1.Warm Leatherette (Daniel Miller)...

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Virgin publish Peter Tosh’s debut album : ‘Legalize It’ (1976)

Peter Tosh's 'Legalize It' is his debut album as a solo artist, recorded in May 1976 and released in May 1976 by Virgin / Columbia .Track Listing : 1.Legalize It...

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‘Music For The Dancers’ N°115 – Vintage 80s Music Videos

Kool & The Gang’s "Get Down On It" combines funky basslines with vibrant horn bursts, embodying 1980s party vibes. Billy Ocean’s "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"...

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Fugees release their second and final album : ‘The Score’ featuring ‘Killing Me Softly,’ ‘Fu-Gee-La’ and ‘Ready or Not’ (1996)

Fugees' 'The Score' feat. 'Ready Or Not' and 'Killing Me Softly' is their second and final studio album released on February 13, 1996 by Ruffhouse.Track Listing : 1.Red Intro (Fugees)...

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‘Music For The Dancers’ N°521 – Vintage 90s Music Videos

Rachid Taha’s electrifying "Voilà Voilà" fuses techno with North African rhythms, delivering a fierce anti-xenophobia anthem, while Altern-8’s "Frequency" channels ‘90s rave chaos with breakbeats and gas-mask theatrics. Johnny Clegg’s...

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The Rolling Stones release their seventeenth album : ‘Undercover’ (1983)

The Rolling Stones ' 'Undercover' is their seventeenth studio album released on November 7,1983 by Rolling Stones Records. Track Listing : 1.Undercover Of The Night (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) -...

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Island publish Grace Jones’ sixth album : ‘Living My Life’ featuring ‘Nipple to the Bottle’ and ‘My Jamaican Guy’ (1982)

Grace Jones' 'Living My Life' is her sixth studio album (and the last of the three albums she recorded at the Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas) released on November...

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Bob Dylan releases his twenty-second album : ‘Infidels’ co-produced with Mark Knopfler (1983)

Bob Dylan's 'Infidels' is his twenty-second studio album co-produced with Mark Knopfler and released on October 27, 1983 by Columbia Records.Track Listing : 1.Jokerman (Bob Dylan) - 06:12 . 2.Sweetheart...

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Chrysalis publish Robbie Williams’ seventh studio album : ‘Rudebox’ (2006)

Robbie Williams' 'Rudebox' is his seventh studio album featuring William Orbit, Mark Ronson & Pet Shop Boys and released on October 23, 2006 by ChrysalisTrack Listing : 1.Rudebox (Robbie Williams,...

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‘Rockpalast’ tapes Black Uhuru (1981)

October 17, 1981 - Jamaican reggae band Black Uhuru (featuring the rhythm "dream team" Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare) performs in Essen (Germany) for the WDR Rockpalast TV Show.

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Paul Weller has put a lot of acoustic guitars, strings and ballads in his mod music. ‘That’s all folk…music!’

Paul Weller's "True Meanings" is his fourteenth solo album featuring among other guests Martin Carthy, Danny Thompson, Noel Gallagher and Rod Argent of the Zombies and released on September 14,...

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With the release of ‘As the World Turns,’ Duckie Simpson brings back Black Uhuru after a seventeen years hiatus. ‘As the world turns, always expect a return’

Black Uhuru's 'As the World Turns' is their sixteenth studio album produced by Horace “King Hopeton” Campbell released on September 7, 2018 by Capitol.

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Columbia publish Herbie Hancock’s thirty-fifth album : ‘Future Shock’ featuring ‘Rockit’ (1983)

Herbie Hancock's 'Future Shock' feat. 'Rockit' is his thirty-fifth album released in August, 1983 by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Rockit (Herbie Hancock, Michael James Beinhorn, Bill O. Laswell) - 05:28 ....

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The Jamaican Legends are at Pori Jazz (2012)

July 18, 2012 - Jamaican Legends - that is Sly Dunbar (d), Robbie Shakespeare (b), Ernest Ranglin (g) and Tyrone Downie (kb) - perform at "Pori Jazz" in Finland

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Montreux gets up, stands up for Peter Tosh (1979)

July 16, 1979 - Peter Tosh and band - that is Darryl Thompson (g), Ed Elizalde (g), Mikey Chung (g), Robbie Shakespeare (b), Sly Dunbar (d), Robert Lynn (kb), Keith...

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Happy Birthday Monty Alexander. ‘The Full Monty’

This day (June 6, 1944), in Kingston, Jamaica, is born Monty Alexander, a jazz pianist with a strong Caribbean influence.Tracklist : Monticello . The Heathen . Love And Happiness ....

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