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The Long Wave: How Juls journeyed the Black Atlantic to curate his sound

From Brazilian percussion to South African amapiano, the British-Ghanaian DJ and producer is building musical links across the diaspora

The Guardian - UK

Exhibition brings London HQ of Rastafarian faith back to life

Echoes Within These Walls aims to dispel myths about the religion by telling story of temple at St Agnes Place

The Guardian - UK

“He ended up with a fully-fledged, pro studio - it just happened to have an engine and some wheels underneath”: David Gilmour, The Rolling Stones, Timbaland, Depeche Mode and more in nine of the weirdest recording studios ever built

Who needs a boring static building to record in when you can have one on wheels?

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Why the Cimarons are one of the greatest British bands of all time – as documentary Harder Than the Rock shows

Harder Than the Rock is a rollercoaster of a film that charts the highs and lows of the music business, as well as its precarious nature. But it also highlights the passion, commitment and humility that drives the creative architects of reggae, The Cimarons, to deliver such heartful joy to…

The Conversation

Harder Than the Rock review – reggae’s unsung heroes finally get their moment

Cimarons, the UK’s first reggae band, played with Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley but barely made a penny; this heartwarming film follows their first gig in 30 years

The Guardian - UK

Marley Brothers Tour Honors Father's Legacy With Timeless Message

The Marley Brothers: The Legacy Tour reunites Bob Marley's sons to honor his musical legacy through iconic songs and a message of unity.

Top News

TV tonight: an evening of belting pop hits at the Proms with Sam Smith

The pop-soul star performs orchestral versions of their hefty back catalogue. Plus, a sunny jaunt for Tory traveloguer Michael Portillo who visits Lisbon. Here’s what to watch this evening.

The Guardian - UK

The Promised Land to Madame Web: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Madds Mikkelsen is a soldier on a mission in a bruising, brilliant thriller, and the Marvel misfire about spider-women is … better than you might expect?

The Guardian - UK

Legendary rock music photographer Jill Furmanovsky honored with Icon Award

Jill Furmanovsky has photographed music royalty from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan, and her illustrious 50-year career is being recognized with an award to match

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Guitar World

“Paul Kossoff goes, ‘I’m not really in the mood. I have a friend here who can cut it.’ If it wasn’t for him I could be working at McDonald’s”: Bob Marley and the Wailers’ Al Anderson on the night he went from an unknown guitarist to tracking Natty Dread

Koss had to teach him the basics of reggae guitar as he waited for a cab to the studio. A couple of hours later he’d tracked the solos for Marley classic Natty Dread

The Independent UK

Everything we know about Kamala Harris’ ethnic background after Trump questioned it

The vice president’s father was born in Jamaica and her mother was born in India

Tom’s Guide

Prime Video top 10 movies — here’s the 3 worth watching right now

Tom Cruise is dominating the Prime Video top 10 list with an epic trio of his most popular movies — but these aren't the only films worth watching on the streaming service right now.

The Guardian - UK

‘I thought the chorus was wicked’: Aswad on how they made Don’t Turn Around

‘Top of the Pops showed our video at the end of one show – just as millions of people were tuning in for EastEnders. Soon after, we went to No 1’

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“Hendrix came in at two o’clock in the morning. I can still remember the audience – Rod Stewart, The Beatles, the Small Faces – all of them were silent when Jimi was done”: Junior Marvin on joining Bob Marley – and the night Hendrix shook his hand

Marvin had been offered a 10 year contract from Stevie Wonder on the day he joined Bob Marley and the Wailers. But he never looked back. Here he looks back on making musical history with reggae's global icon

The Independent UK

From John Lennon to NWA: 14 of the best protest songs, ranked

From Marvin Gaye to Little Simz, here are 14 songs that illuminate the power of protest music to make change, as ranked by Finn Cliff Hodges

The Guardian - UK

‘He was greater than Bob Marley’: the shocking tale of Jamaican ska pioneer Don Drummond

Inspired by a boxing, DJing nun, the trombonist laid down the foundations of reggae – but he was also a schizophrenic who killed his girlfriend, Jamaica’s ‘rhumba queen’ Margarita. A new graphic novel retells their stories

Guitar World

“I got home, called Stevie and said, ‘I’m so sorry, but I’ve just been offered a job with Bob Marley’”: Junior Marvin recalls landing gigs with Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley on the same day – and how he was forced to make a life-changing decision

Although Wonder was offering a decade-long contract, Marley's camp had their eye on Marvin for over a year before the initial meeting was made

The Guardian - UK

‘The way they’ve been exploited is obscene’: the untold story of forgotten UK reggae heroes Cimarons

They were the UK’s first reggae band and played with everyone from Bob Marley to Paul McCartney. So how have such an influential group been so overlooked?

MusicRadar

"God bless Mr Rupert Neve - there wouldn't be a Miseducation without him!": The making of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Apple Music's best album of all time

We revisit our 2023 feature on the making of Lauryn Hill's hip-hop classic, featuring conversations with producers Che Pope and Gordon "The Commissioner" Williams

Evening Standard

Zayn Malik announces CBeebies bedtime stories appearance following former bandmate Harry Styles

Malik is the latest A-list star to read on the series

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