Kingston (Jamaica)

Collie Buddz

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

From Bad Religion to Built to Spill.

Q&A: Jimmy Cliff: Many Bridges to Cross

The reggae star talks hippos, choirgirls, and spiritual classrooms.

Jimmy Cliff On Hippos, Choirgirls, Spiritual Classrooms, and Christopher Coke

Jimmy Cliff in the 1972 Film, The Harder They Come. Cliff play's a Zoo Tunes set on Wednesday at the Woodland Park Zoo.​For more than four decades, Jimmy Cliff has been one of Jamaica's premier troubadours, with ubiquitous reggae singles like "Many Rivers to Cross" and "You Can Get It If You R ... More >>

SIFF Week 4: 15 New Picks & Pans

Jimmy Cliff in the 1972 Film, The Harder They Come. Cliff play's a Zoo Tunes set on Wednesday at the Woodland Park Zoo.​For more than four decades, Jimmy Cliff has been one of Jamaica's premier troubadours, with ubiquitous reggae singles like "Many Rivers to Cross" and "You Can Get It If You R ... More >>

Tonight: The Crocodile's One Year Anniversary Party, Clinton Fearon, Scout Niblett

Ryan Lewis​The Crocodile's One Year Anniversary Party, with Mad Rad, Throw Me the Statue, The Globes. Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., 441-7416. 8 p.m. $15. The first year of nearly any new endeavor tends to fly by. This is the case with the reincarnation of the Crocodile, which re-opened its door ... More >>

Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band

Ryan Lewis​The Crocodile's One Year Anniversary Party, with Mad Rad, Throw Me the Statue, The Globes. Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., 441-7416. 8 p.m. $15. The first year of nearly any new endeavor tends to fly by. This is the case with the reincarnation of the Crocodile, which re-opened its door ... More >>

The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

Ryan Lewis​The Crocodile's One Year Anniversary Party, with Mad Rad, Throw Me the Statue, The Globes. Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., 441-7416. 8 p.m. $15. The first year of nearly any new endeavor tends to fly by. This is the case with the reincarnation of the Crocodile, which re-opened its door ... More >>

Toots and the Maytals at the Showbox

​ On Friday night, reggae legend Toots Hibbert brought his strong reggae vibes to Seattle. The man is a workhorse and tours almost nonstop, mainly because he puts on such a good performance that promoters always bring him back. After the jump, check out Erin Thompson's review of Friday night' ... More >>

K’naan: The Dusty Foot Troubadour

Serving hip-hop on a global platter.

Reggae Legend Don Carlos Comes to Seattle Feb. 21

When it comes to roots-rock-reggae music, few old school legends that are still touring have the pedigree for great songwriting that Don Carlos possesses. Although he's often overshadowed by more popular Jamaican reggae singers like Burning Spear and Toots Hibbert, Carlos started out in the same er ... More >>

Don Carlos

Saturday, February 21

Jamaica's Yami Bolo at Nectar This Saturday

Nectar Lounge has done a good job of bringing in top-notch reggae talent lately. No other music venue around town (that I can tell) is doing so when it comes to live music. That track record continues tomorrow night when often over-looked reggae veteran, Yami Bolo, comes to the Town. His music al ... More >>

SUNDAY

Shostakovich’s searingly cinematic Symphony No. 11 performed by the Auburn Orchestra, and Reggae's Barrington Levy at Neumo's.

CD Reviews

Shostakovich’s searingly cinematic Symphony No. 11 performed by the Auburn Orchestra, and Reggae's Barrington Levy at Neumo's.

CD Reviews

Shostakovich’s searingly cinematic Symphony No. 11 performed by the Auburn Orchestra, and Reggae's Barrington Levy at Neumo's.

Seattle Weekly

Music Awards Showcase 2003

Revisionist reggae?

EMP's latest exhibit downplays Bob Marley's role as it celebrates Jamaica's music.

A time for cheer

Smith & Mighty rebound from label problems to celebrate music's malleable globalism.

Maple Leaf Grill

Turning over a new Leaf on Roosevelt.