The post Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock Is a Reggae-Filled Celebration of Black Joy: NYFF Review appeared first on Consequence of Sound. The Pitch: In London’s West Indian community in 1980, a ...

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 ...

The film takes its name from the musical genre lovers rock, a softer, sentimental spin on reggae created and popularized in mid-70s England by the first generation of British citizens born to ...

‘Lovers Rock‘ is the second film in Steve McQueen's ‘Small Axe‘ film series for Amazon. Music is arguably the star, with an amazing reggae soundtrack featuring Augustus Pablo, Janet Kay ...

Reggae and Romance at Lovers Rock. In this Bed-Stuy bar, patrons as diverse as the neighborhood gather on the little dance floor, many angling for someone new to match their rhythm.

The "romantic reggae" genre has been around since the '70s. MENU. Music. ... (Martha), Lovers Rock tells a fictional story of young love at a Blues house party, however, ...

Estelle's Lovers Rock — named for the reggae subgenre pioneered in Britain during the 1970s and 1980s — is a homecoming, an homage to her musical forebears and the diaspora that raised her ...

Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican singer who pioneered the style of reggae music known as lovers rock and became one of the genre’s major stars in the 1970s, has died. He was 59. Isaacs died Monday ...

Part of Steve McQueen's "Small Axe" series on Amazon Prime, "Lovers Rock" is an immersive experience that invites you to fall under its sensual spell. You won't be able to resist.

The crooner who released 13 studio albums during a career spanning six decades is described fondly as a ‘sweet bwoy’ loved by ‘all the ladies’. Nadine White speaks to some of the industry ...