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Timeline: Reggae in Boston

1968 - 2009

By CHRIS FARAONE | May 21, 2009

1968

The Western Front opens its doors in Cambridge, and starts doing reggae shows about two years later.

READ: Reggae Revival: Booming in Boston's underground, Caribbean riddims are about to burst back into the mainstream. By Chris Faraone

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ARTICLES BY CHRIS FARAONE

MAIN MAN OF MATTAPAN | December 01, 2009
Ask any group of teens on Blue Hill Ave how many of them rap and you'll get more affirmatives than you would surveying kids at Mass and Boylston for slap-bass skills. Allston might be a crab bucket of indie-rockers, and one in three JP residents is an abstract painter, but MCs in Boston's black communities have more competition than nail salons in Dudley Square.

IBEW PRESSURES STOP & SHOP | November 24, 2009
Folks driving past suburban Stop & Shop locations this week might wonder why laborers are suddenly concerned about food safety.

TALE OF THE TAPES | November 25, 2009
Soon after music-minded UMass-Boston management professor Pacey Foster signed on to write a Boston chapter for the most comprehensive hip-hop tome ever compiled, his mission brought him to rural Maine, where it has long been speculated that the Hub rhyme scene's Holy Grail is safely stored.

WALE | ATTENTION DEFICIT | November 24, 2009
It turns out there is merit behind the billion-dollar hype machine that’s been propelling Wale since he surfaced on the face of URB two years ago.

REVIEW: THE BLIND SIDE | November 17, 2009
It’s tough for any self-respecting critic to refrain from joyously tackling a Sandra Bullock movie — so it’s a good thing The Blind Side isn’t one.