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Redemption Songs
Oliver Mtukudzi honors the Zimbabwean heritage with sounds of struggle, hope and celebration According to Oliver Mtukudzi (pronounced tu-ku-zee), “The power of art is...
Fever Pitch
Dengue Fever breathes new life into vintage Cambodian pop While backpacking with a friend through Southeast Asia in 1997, Ethan Holtzman, organist for Los...
The Architect of Dub
The man, the legend, Lee “Scratch” Perry, makes his way to the Alley A legend of Jamaican roots reggae culture and an astronaut...
Walk the Walk
Santa Cruz’s own Otayo Dubb brings blue collar hip-hop to the Lagoon he name Otayo Dubb—a moniker taken from the Swahili term for “ambush”—connotes...
Funkadelic Roots
Reggae kings, See-I, tear up Moe's Alley The diverse musical ingredients that make up See-I, an eight-piece group spliced from the DNA of the...
The Swing Must Go On
Jazz luminary Dottie Dodgion celebrates 67 years of making music A conversation with Dottie Dodgion is like walking into a library filled with...
The Spice of Life
From rural Jamaica to Santa Cruz, reggae sensation Richie Spice spreads Rasta love There’s a cool Jamaican breeze blowing through Richie Spice’s Patois-woven conversation...
