Kingston (Jamaica)

J'Ouvert Caribbean Cafe

Win A Pair Of Toots & The Maytals Tickets

Ed. Note: Rocks Off is giving away a pair of tickets to Toots & the Maytals at high noon on our Facebook page. Please add us here. ​If Toots Hibbert didn't actually give birth to reggae, he certainly dated the midwife. Hibbert's legacy traces itself to the earliest reggae recordings as ska slo ... More >>

Toots & the Maytals

Ed. Note: Rocks Off is giving away a pair of tickets to Toots & the Maytals at high noon on our Facebook page. Please add us here. ​If Toots Hibbert didn't actually give birth to reggae, he certainly dated the midwife. Hibbert's legacy traces itself to the earliest reggae recordings as ska slo ... More >>

The Caribbean At iFest: Pass The Kutchie To Neutral Sister, The Mighty Diamonds And Easy Star All-Stars

Over the next two weeks, Rocks Off will be previewing acts performing at this year's Houston International Festival Saturday and Sunday and April 24-25 broken down by genre (loosely, anyway) and with a guest pick from a true insider: iFest Director of Performing Arts Rick Mitchell. Today, the Caribb ... More >>

Happy 4/20, Mon: Why Bob Marley Is Overrated

When the calendar hits April 20, thoughts turn to man's other best friend: the marijuana plant. Yes, along with copious amounts of Reese's Pieces and trips to the nearest Jack in the Box drive-thru, almost everyone agrees nothing goes better with the reefer than reggae. (Personally, give us Slee ... More >>

Garlic-Chomping Reggae Royalty Toots Hibbert

The Harder They Come

Luciano, with Dean Fraser, Irie Time, Bigga Boss and Manjaro

Friday, June 24, at Club Riddims, 8220 West Bellfort, 713-779-0033 or 713-981-6677.

Whatcha Gonna Do?

Houston's Neutral Sisters look white, sing black and move to a reggae rhythm

Culture

Live in Africa (RAS Records)

Rocksteady Ska-lawags

Austin's Stingers put the buzz back in a tired genre by revisiting its roots

The Immigrant's Song

Carroll Robinson has been running for something ever since he arrived in Houston. Now he may be nearly out of track.

The Pitch

In 1988, Ron Shelton made Bull Durham. In 2002, it couldn't be done.

Playbill

Steel Pulse

Monty Alexander

Goin' Yard (Telarc)

Buju Banton

Using his one-way ticket out of the slums

Blues Brothers

The Kinsey Report and its familial blues-funk

Island Comfort

Reggae Hut starts good and gets butter. (Er, better.)

Rotation

Reggae Hut starts good and gets butter. (Er, better.)

Feel for the Real

Burning Spear's gimmick-free reggae has all the earmarks of home

Static

Burning Spear's gimmick-free reggae has all the earmarks of home

Lab Work

Burning Spear's gimmick-free reggae has all the earmarks of home

Dub and Dumber

Burning Spear's gimmick-free reggae has all the earmarks of home

On the Beat

The Suspects are unearthing the true roots of ska

Soul on Ice

As one of hockey's few black players, the Aeros' Graeme Townshend has had to pick his fights carefully

Peter X

As one of hockey's few black players, the Aeros' Graeme Townshend has had to pick his fights carefully