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 ...

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.

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'.

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.