IF reggae promoters wanted to ‘ram’ a dance ... Kpiaye and Dennis Harris of the DIP record company launched the Lovers Rock label. Its first song, I’m In Love With a Dreadlocks Man by ...

Widely regarded as the first “king of lovers’ rock” in the UK, English released more than 13 studio albums across a six-decade career, working with popular reggae producers and labels ...

and marks the 30th anniversary of British reggae label Ariwa Records. Founded by Guyana-born music producer Neil ‘Mad Professor’ Fraser, Ariwa is a mainstay of lovers rock, the reggae spin-off ...

Beginning with Louisa Mark’s 1975 hit “Caught You In A Lie”, homegrown romantic reggae grew into a mini-industry, with female singers (and fans) to the fore. The Lovers Rock label (the name ...

While still in his teens, he founded his own reggae group ... he told me.” Named Lover’s Rock for a song by Augustus Pablo, Harris and Bovell’s label specialized in love songs, sung by ...

he became one of the leading voices of the soul-flavoured Lovers' Rock genre so popular in Britain at the time. First released on Hawkeye, the London reggae label run by former Trojan Records ...

The label went on to put out cult classics like Horace Andy’s “Dance Hall Style” and Love Joys’ “Lovers Rock Reggae Style,” which, despite multiple reissue campaigns, are still not ...

An ode to the romantic reggae genre Lovers Rock and to the youth who found freedom ... “It was controlled by independent Black record labels and the one or two songs that they put their might ...

one of the chief architects of the Lovers Rock sound, and the pen behind two of the films most stunning moments. ESSENCE got a chance to speak with the legendary dub-reggae producer about how ...

The rising Canadian star illuminates his Vincentian roots on his lush new EP. Read the Billboard interview. By Kyle Denis From Theodoros Bafaloukos’ classic film Rockers (1978) to Steve McQueen ...

Lovers rock, often dubbed "romantic reggae," is a uniquely Black British sound. Musical documentary about lovers rock, often dubbed "romantic reggae," a uniquely Black British sound that developed ...