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Ras Alan: Appalachian Lion

The connection of reggae music to American roots music is nothing new; Toots Hibbert, who was credited with first coining the term “reggae,” had a huge hit covering John Denver’s “Take Me Home (Country Roads)” in 1974. In more recent times, Willie Nelson, perhaps the most well-known and respected… Read More

Jamaica Honors Reggae Legend with Peter Tosh Museum

Today, October 19, marks what would have been the 72nd birthday of reggae legend Winston Hubert McIntosh, aka Peter Tosh. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, Peter founded the trailblazing reggae group, The Wailers, and would go on to international fame as a hallowed solo artist, cunning social… Read More

Troy Wiggins of Roots Of A Rebellion on Iseo & Dodosound

In 1935, an American radio station, XERA, was established just over the border of Mexico. With signal strength of one million combined watts, local ranchers quickly realized that the signal could be picked up through their barbed-wire fencing. June Carter Cash of the legendary Carter Family once told how… Read More