Famed bass player Robbie Shakespeare, one half of the pioneering reggae band Sly and Robbie, has died at age 68. Shakespeare’s manager confirmed he passed away in Miami on Wednesday due to ...

Sting said he’d appear onstage as “Shaggy’s bass player” when the pair tours in support of its new collaborative album 44/876, which was released today. The LP, titled after the international dialing ...

As I've discussed in the past, the EP is back in a big way. Used to be that mini-albums were a method for bands to put out a few tracks outside the context of their usual big album statements, but ...

Robbie Shakespeare, the renowned reggae bassist who helped move the genre into new sonic territory and whose playing was heard on classics by Black Uhuru and Peter Tosh as well as albums by rock icons ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama –- Chattanooga-based bassist Christian Craan had been looking for a word to pair with "roots" for the name of his new reggae band, "and couldn't come up with anything." Craan and ...

CNN — Robbie Shakespeare, the legendary bass player and one half of the band Sly and Robbie, has died at the age of 68. Shakespeare's friend, manager and producer Guillaume Bougard confirmed the ...

Released in April 1973, Catch A Fire catapulted Bob Marley and the Wailers to global stardom. The sub-hooks of bassist Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, together with his drumming brother Carly, played a ...

In Jamaica, irieis a word used to describe something good or pleasing, so—according to bass player Sam Licari—to be in an " iriestate of mind is to be in a happy place with good vibes." Which is ...

'You're sitting with these legends in the studio, and it was just mind-blowing,' Kanal recalls of No Doubt's sessions with the late, great bass player and producer in 2001 After Shakespeare’s death at ...

Robbie Shakespeare, the legendary bass player and one half of the band Sly and Robbie, has died at the age of 68. Shakespeare’s friend, manager and producer Guillaume Bougard confirmed the musician’s ...

Reggae music would be nothing without its bass line—and on December 8, one of the genre’s most admired bass players, Robbie Shakespeare, died in Florida at age 68 from kidney-related complications.

Robbie Shakespeare, the legendary bass player and one half of the band Sly and Robbie, has died at the age of 68. Shakespeare’s friend, manager and producer Guillaume Bougard confirmed the musician’s ...