Late one night after his wife and kids were asleep, Scott Aiges started strumming Tom Petty’s “Refugee” on guitar, but with a reggae lilt. A light bulb went off: Wouldn’t it be great for a band to ...
After his death aged 73, we look back at a selection of the hundreds of tracks the Sly and Robbie drummer had a hand in making ...
It’s Sept. 25, 1985 at the Palace Theatre in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, and the buoyant staccato guitar rhythm, breezy sax and distinctly ’80s synth-pop has the crowd footloose. UB40, which has ...
Max Romeo has died. The reggae singer behind such hits as “War Ina Babylon” and “Chase the Devil,” died of heart complications on April 11, in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, The Guardian reported. He ...
Two acts who made their name in the 1980s are heading to Victoria for concerts this summer. Pat Benatar is booked to appear July 10 at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium, while Ziggy ...
Late one night after his wife and kids were asleep, Scott Aiges started strumming Tom Petty’s “Refugee” on guitar, but with a reggae lilt. A light bulb went off: Wouldn’t it be great for a band to ...