The Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment Desk continues with the 25th of its biweekly feature looking at seminal moments that have helped shape Jamaica over the past 60 years. NO one has had as profound ...

Fifty years after the release of magnum opus King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown, the work of King Tubby still beguiles and inspires. Operating out of a converted bedroom in Waterhouse, western Kingston, ...

King Tubby has been dead for fifteen years, the victim of a still-unsolved murder in Jamaica, yet he remains among the most respected figures in reggae, credited with the innovations that gave ...

The black and white photograph shows a man at work, who has briefly turned away from the machine he's operating. You sense that this is someone who is wrapped up in his work, anxious to return to the ...

King Tubby did not invent dub, but with hundreds—if not thousands—of sides standing witness to his wizardry—he elevated the form to an exalted level. Jamaican dub of the roots reggae era is the direct ...

This newly-reissued 1982 dub reggae album carries historical heft as one of the last times three of the form’s titans would work together. There’s a halcyon sweetness to its 10 mellow grooves. Just ...

King Tubby did not invent dub, but with hundreds—if not thousands—of sides standing witness to his wizardry—he elevated the form to an exalted level. Jamaican dub of the roots reggae era is the direct ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. They say the pioneers get the arrows and the settlers get the land, yet King Tubby was always lord of his ...

Dub music pioneer King Tubby; Pre-dub, pre-reggae Mento Madness; Joplin & The American Ragtime Ensemble; Solo work by Yes guitarist Steve Howe; The wobbly, oscillating sounds of for stars; Former ...

‘King Tubby’s Rock’ is a beautiful dub of ‘Beware God Is Watching You,’ the vocal an alternate mutation of Yabby’s ‘Conquering Lion’ debut; along with the telltale high-pass filter manipulation, there ...

King Tubby would have turned 80 on 28 January 2021. We celebrate his life and career, with contributions from Dennis Bovell, Adrian Sherwood, Hollie Cook and Mad Professor. Show more 28 January 2021 ...