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R.I.P. Bunny Rugs, 1948-2014

Words by Saxon Baird and Jesse Serwer— Reggae singer and Third World frontman Bunny Rugs has passed away after a brief bout with cancer. He was 65. Born William Clarke in East Kingston, Rugs began his ... Read More...

Beyond The Voice: 5 Tunes From Tessanne Chin

Words by Michellee Nelson~ "Bread an buttah" to di worl'! As you've probably heard by now, Jamaica's darling Tessanne Chin is the season five winner of NBC's The Voice, after stealing the show week af... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Third World Meet Stevie Wonder + John Candy

Words by Jesse Serwer— Feb. 6 being Bob Marley's birthday and all, the Earthstrong of another reggae icon, Third World vocalist William "Bunny Rugs" Clarke, tends to go mostly unnoticed. But Bunny nea... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Crown Prince x Bunny Rugs, Safari Sound, Bobby Hustle

Words by DJ Theory— Back like we never left, Mixtape Mondays is bringing you that good good, with reggae and dancehall music holding the torch high this week. Essential one-drop and lovers from JA meets ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Bunny Rugs Shares His Top Spots Backayard

Words by Bunny Rugs and Erin MacLeod— You have to have somewhere to go when it's 96° in the shade. Of course Jamaica is a coastal paradise, but the white sand of its beaches is but one aspect of the coun... Read More...

Bands of Brothers: Reasoning with Inner Circle and Third World

Words by Jesse Serwer— Two of reggae's longest running bands, Inner Circle and Third World share roots dating back to the late '60s, when brothers Ian (bass) and Roger Lewis (guitar) formed Inner Circle ... Read More...

Twitter Contest: Win Tickets to See Inner Circle and Third World in Miami, 2/24

Words by LargeUp Crew— If you know your reggae, you know Inner Circle and Third World go way back. Like all-the-way-to-the-beginning-of-each-others' careers back. In fact, most primary members of Third ... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Third World, “1865: 96 Degrees in the Shade”

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Third World, "1865: 96 Degrees in the Shade," live at Reggae Sunsplash, 1983. No this is not technically a music video but there was no way I was not going to post this toda... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Eddie STATS Top 10 Picnic Jams

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Yes, Memorial Day weekend is over--and if you were here experiencing the sparkling hot weather here in NY, it was probably spent in the first of many picnics, park jams, coo... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Reggae Pon “Top of the Pops”

Words by Jesse Serwer In light of this Cockney & Yardie trip we've been on recently (for better or worse), we thought we'd take a journey through the reggae/dancehall archives of the British hits sho... 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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