Outlaws musician dies at 70
Famous rocker Freddie Salem has died. He was 70. Salem died of cancer complications, his former band, Outlaws, confirmed on Facebook Monday. “It’s with a heavy heart that we have to tell Outlaws fans about […]
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‘He’s a man with a fork in a world of soup’: the bitterest music-duo spats | Music
After some 53 years together, we may have been forgiven for assuming that the musical partnership between Daryl Hall and John Oates was one of the most solid in show business. But this week brought […]
Tyrone Downie, Keyboardist For Bob Marley And The Wailers, Dies
Tyrone Downie, the Jamaica-born keyboardist for Bob Marley and the Wailers, died Saturday. He was 66. His partner, Bernadine Simpson, told Jamaican outlet The Gleaner that Downie “was feeling ill” on Saturday evening. He died […]
A moment that changed me: As my parents argued, I watched reggae on TV and felt transported | Reggae
I heard reggae for the first time when I was 10, in the summer of 1972. My expat father was home on leave from Hong Kong, visiting my mum and I in our Devon bungalow. […]