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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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Reggae revival
The climate is tropical, sweet skunk fills the air, and reggae jams are hitting such lofty decibels that I can't even feel my phone vibrate.
The Big Hurt: Bomb squad
Plenty of great shit to get excited about this week: new Wilco and Jarvis Cocker, tons of Rolling Stones reissues, a double-disc Jonas Brothers DVD spectacular, and the long-awaited 31st edition of the venerable Now That's What I Call Music! series. But if you happen to have a few bucks left over . . .
Joyride
It is May 1966, in the Prelude Club in Harlem, an Atlantic Records release party.
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