Sly and Robbie are a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae genre. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robert Shakespeare joined in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians. Sly and Robbie are estimated to have played on or produced 200,000 recordings, many of them on their own label, Taxi Records.
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Links & Information
Links
- Fanpage at slyrob.3va.net
- Wikipedia article on Sly and Robbie
- Last.fm page on Sly & Robbie
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Sly & Robbie
- MusicBrainz entry on Sly & Robbie
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BBC Reviews
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Blackwood Dub 2012
Reviewed by David Katz
A great and unexpected comeback from the ever-reliable, always inspirational dub duo.
