“You have to put in the time,” says Ernest Ranglin about how he developed into such an eloquent guitarist – and the 82-year-old legend knows a thing or two about what it takes to become a master.
Given the chance to reflect on Exodus, Bob Marley and the Wailers 1977 magnum opus, Time Magazine's Album of the Century, and ...
In this lesson, we're going to look at how the reggae style has influenced mainstream pop artists. The Clash and The Police fused punk and reggae together with much success back in the late 1970s and ...
If ever there was a “once in a blue moon” concert, it was Saturday night’s show at Nectar by Jamaican guitar legend Ernest Ranglin. The club billed the night as Ranglin’s first Seattle appearance, but ...
Learn to play super-strong reggae and ska rhythm grooves with these easy offbeat rhythms. “So, tell me about offbeats...” Okay, we will, but before we get into offbeats, let’s talk a bit about beats ...
A revolutionary form of music took the world by storm in the Seventies and dragged a little-known island languishing in the Caribbean along with it. That music was reggae and the island was, of course ...