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  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Five Most Whitewashed Reggae Songs Ever

    These days, reggae evokes images of hippies, dreadlocks, good ganja and good vibes, but the genre, which developed from ska, mento and R&B music in the 1960s, wasn't always a college dorm room staple. Maybe it was Eric Clapton's 1974 cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" that helped white p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Pepper (the Band) Talks Favorite Strains, Skunk Baxter and Being the Old Guys on the Warped Tour and

    ​Perpetually touring party-bros Pepper celebrated a decade on the road this year. The rock-reggae trio has carved a nice niche for itself on the traveling summer festival scene, amassing a healthy following of Sublime/311-aligned concertgoers since leaving Hawaii's big island in 2001. A meld of fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Five Reasons To Watch Yes

    Robert Knight​Don't call it a comeback; Yes have been touring for years (41 to be exact), albeit with a rotating cast of personnel. The seminal '70s U.K. prog band has seen legitimate resurgences in each decade, and still puts in serious roadwork well into their fourth. Music blogs don't give a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Rad Local Shows for Those Staying in Town This Weekend

    Don't feel like sweating your balls off? Or dropping 269 bizones to get the opportunity to sweat your balls off? Weird, but you've still got options around OC if you're not heading out to Coachella.

  • News

    September 21, 2006

    'I've Never Been to America. America Came to Me'

    Ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate Moazzam Begg recalls his three-year journey through Americas war on terror

  • Music

    August 31, 2006

    Keepin' Tings Irie

    Reggae Sunsplash 2006

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    Aural Reports

    Top Ranking: DJ Gregory-G

  • Music

    April 26, 2001

    Albino Brown

    Social commentator, Radio Host/Producer (SP Radio One, The Ska Parade), Filmmaker, Breakdancer, Street Poet, Music Historian

  • Music

    July 15, 1999

    Shout for Freedom!

    Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff captures worship

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