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As part of Sly and Robbie with Sly Dunbar, he was a legend, one of the most influential artists ever to come out of Jamaica, and he will be missed." Robbie Shakespeare, the great bassist and ...
Sly & The Family Stone, photo courtesy of High Moon Records. On June 9, Sly Stone, the fearless innovator behind Sly & The ...
A snippet of music history will hit the shelves on July 18 with the new Sly & The Family Stone album The First Family: Live ...
REGGAE LEGEND SLY DUNBAR OF SLY & ROBBIE CREATES FIRST-EVER OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED REGGAE REMIX OF THE KENNY ... [It was] one of the most fun performances I've ever done. Jamaicans live music, ...
The Otis Redding cover appears on the upcoming LP The First Family, which contains the earliest known live recording of the ...
Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare are the most famous Jamaican rhythm section of all time, and there are at least 200,000 reasons why. That’s according to the famed drum and bass duo themselves ...
Reggae pumped through Sly and Robbie's veins, so it's no surprise Bob Dylan wanted them on his side when he began taking an interest in the genre.. Dylan's 22nd album Infidels, released in 1983 ...
Jamaican bass guitarist Robbie Shakespeare, who formed reggae duo Sly and Robbie with drummer Sly Dunbar, has died at the age of 68, the Jamaican minister of culture has announced.
Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare began their partnership in 1974. By Patricia Meschino Argentinian percussionist Hernan “Don Camel” Sforzini — who has worked in the reggae ...
Robbie Shakespeare, the hugely influential producer and bass player who helped shape over 50 years of music with his creative partner Sly Dunbar, has sadly passed away at the age of 68.
Robbie Shakespeare, a record producer and acclaimed bassist of the Jamaican duo Sly and Robbie, has died. He was 68. It had been reported by The Jamaica Gleaner that the musician had recently ...