It's been 25 years since Augustus Pablo released what most reggae lovers consider his masterpiece, East of the River Nile. Now the good folks at Shanachie are using the anniversary as a reason to ...

The digital age is an era Pablo has struggled to keep up with. Despite his earlier work being renowned in Japan, the UK and even the U.S. (where, rare for a reggae musician, all his music was ...

Born Herbert Swaby in 1954, Augustus Pablo was an orientalist before orientalism was uncool. The minor-chordal “Far East” sound the reggae auteur favored as a composer, producer, and no-frills ...

Augustus Pablo died in June 1999 at age 44. His catalogue of mystic sounds lives on through generous reissues by independent record companies like Shanachie Records in the United States.

This week’s working-from-home album is a stone-cold classic of dub: King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown, the genre-defining collaboration between Augustus Pablo and King Tubby.

What I love about Augustus Pablo's King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown is the sense of space in it. Dub emerged from the Jamaican sound systems of the 1960s.

East of the River Nile Augustus Pablo (born Horace Swaby) passed away in May 1999, leaving behind one of the most formidable and influential bodies of work in the history of reggae; yet, he never ...

Premiere: Piper Street Sound Calls On Reggae Prodigy Addis Pablo To Elevate "Small Plate" The son of Jamaican legend Augustus Pablo elevates the track with his 'Melodic Version'.