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Island in the Sun: Chris Blackwell x New York Public Library

Words by Jesse Serwer Back in August, we told you about Keep on Running, Rizzoli Books' coffee-table tome on Island Records. Timed to coincide with the massively influential and still very much active re... Read More...

Free Britannia: Reggae Britannia Documentary Goes Online

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton You may remember we mentioned this excellent new BBC documentary exploring the impact of Jamaican music on UK pop culture from the 1960s til now. Unless you were actually al... Read More...

Family Business: The Week in Marley, Inc.

Words by Jesse Serwer Tomorrow, Sunday February 6 marks what would have been Bob Marley's 66th birthday, and, while the week leading up to this date is always busy with Bob-related news and events, the l... Read More...

Outposted: Chris Blackwell’s Jamaica

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via The New York Times Just in case the news caused you to frown up on Jamaica lately, the boss of all news bosses (the NY Times) ran this travel feature last week, trailin... Read More...

Visual Culture: Wax Poetics Reggae Issue

Words by Jesse Serwer Our friends at Wax Poetics have focused their attention on reggae before but for the first time they've devoted an entire issue to Jamaican music from the front page to the back. I... Read More...

Chris Blackwell, Bob Marley, Jacob Miller

Keep On Moving: The Island Records Story

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via CoolHunting The masters of the coffee table universe over at Rizzoli books just gave new meaning to the term hard-cover with the publication of a thing called Keep on R... Read More...

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