Everyone heads to the same famous surf town out west. The real find is a grand old city next door — and a single short hop on Cape Air drops you right into it. Say “Puerto Rico’s west coast” and most people who know picture one place: Rincón, the surf-and-sunset town with the golden beaches […]
Above: Carlyle McKetty (left) and Sharon Gordon By Alexander Britell For Carlyle McKetty and Sharon Gordon, protecting reggae is a way of life. The world recently marked the 30th anniversary of Bob Marley’s premature death, and in that time, much of reggae has stayed true to its origins, but some has been lost due to […]
Anthony Moses Davis a.k.a Beenie Man has been at the forefront of reggae and dancehall music, both in Jamaica and globally, for two decades. His 2000 album, Art & Life, won the Grammy for Best Reggae Album, and the self-proclaimed “King of the Dancehall” has collaborated with artists from Janet Jackson to Wyclef Jean (who […]
By Alexander Britell Guitarist and composer Eugene Grey, in addition to a long-thriving solo career, has played with some of the most famous bands in Jamaican history – from Toots and the Maytals to Burning Spear. Classically trained, Grey has evolved his music as his knowledge has grown, and now he is trying to the […]
