Lee "Scratch" Perry
R.I.P. Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Bassist for Bob Marley & the Wailers
PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2024
Aston “Family Man” Barrett, bassist for Bob Marley and the Wailers and Lee “Scratch” Perry, has died. He was 77. One of Barrett’s sons...
Jack Johnson's New Dub Album Cements Him as the Most Chill Man Alive
PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2023
Unless you'd like to alert this author to another pro-surfer-turned-indie folk powerhouse, you'd be hard-pressed to find a singer-songwrite...
Tricky Readies 'Lonely Guest' Project with Members of IDLES, Maxïmo Park
PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2021
Tricky has gathered members of IDLES, Maxïmo Park and more for a new collaborative album as Lonely Guest. The 10-song, self-titled effort a...
Reggae Visionary Lee "Scratch" Perry Dies at 85
PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2021
Lee "Scratch" Perry — the Jamaican dub experimentalist who revolutionized reggae and other genres like hip-hop and dance — has died. Accor...
Lee "Scratch" Perry and Brian Eno Share "Here Come the Warm Dreads"
PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2019
Regarded as innovators in their respective genres, Lee "Scratch" Perry and Brian Eno have now joined forces for a new track. The pair coll...
Lee "Scratch" Perry and Subatomic Sound System to Play Toronto
PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2017
Lee "Scratch" Perry returned with Must Be Free last year, and the dub innovator has just announced a short string of live shows for next mo...
An Essential Guide to Lee "Scratch" Perry
PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2016
Genres like trip-hop, dubstep and drum'n'bass can all be traced back to a subgenre of reggae music known as dub. At its most reductive, dub...
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Must Be Free
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2016
Lee Perry's monolithic stance in the world of music is unassailable. Simply put, the man is one of the authors of dub and has traversed not...
