CAMARADERIE and creating music with a message has kept perennial reggae band Third World vibrant for more than three decades. The 32-year-old band – featuring founding member Cat Coore and longtime ...

NEW YORK -- In the insular, Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, members of the Hasidic religious group rarely mingle with outsiders. So it's understandable that a young Hasidic ...

Benville "Raggs" Gustaffe, a local reggae musician, and his band, Bush Doktor, plays at 9 p.m. Saturday at Far West Billiards. (Amanda Smith / The Spokesman-Review) Above everything except for his ...

Generally speaking, pop in 2005 wasn’t as conventional as it had been the previous year. But it wasn’t entirely thrilling, either. In 2004, pop audiences mostly gravitated toward full, warm ...

There are plenty of reasons to check out today’s fresh music offerings. New releases of interest include the anticipated debut from hip-hop’s first violinist, an album from one of reggae’s most ...

Bjorn Coker is a maintenance man by day and a “selector” by night. Also known as DJ Uplifter, Coker is one of the few local night-life personalities to consistently promote reggae, no matter how niche ...

Whatever the catalyst, from Woodstock to Warwick, the good vibrations of Rasta-inspired music are penetrating our popular culture. Not only are there more places to hear reggae music, but also the ...

CAMARADERIE and creating music with a message has kept perennial reggae band Third World vibrant for more than three decades. The 32-year-old band – featuring founding member Cat Coore and longtime ...