This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, the Jamaican drummer whose work in the rhythm section of Sly and Robbie built the backbone of ...

Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, the reggae drummer who helped define the sound of Jamaican music for decades, died Monday. He was 73. Dunbar had been in poor health and died at his home in Kingston, according to ...

Lowell Fillmore “Sly” Dunbar, the drumming half of the legendary reggae rhythm section Sly and Robbie, has died, according to the Guardian and a statement from his daughter to TMZ. Dunbar’s wife, ...

The legendary drummer played with everyone from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...

Our writer recalls a 1999 trip to Jamaica to meet with the reggae icon about new music and how 'reggae keeps changing' Famous reggae rhythm section and producing team Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare ...

Drummer helped to define the sound of roots reggae and dancehall, and worked with stars including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Grace Jones Sly Dunbar, the Jamaican musician and producer who ...

After his death aged 73, we look back at a selection of the hundreds of tracks the Sly and Robbie drummer had a hand in making It isn’t Sly Dunbar’s most spectacular performance as a drummer – ...

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After catching the attention of festivalgoers at M for Montreal and the Montreal Jazz Festival last year, Saguenay, QC-hailing duo Angine de Poitrine — the self-described "microtonal ...

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Lila Iké grew up surrounded by music, in a small town in the green mountains of Jamaica. "Christiana, where I was born and raised, is a community where music literally oozes out of every fabric of the ...

From Reggae Rise Up to the Love & Harmony Cruise, here are the best lineups this year. By Kyle Denis Billboard is rounding up the best music festivals celebrating Caribbean music and culture around ...