Augustus Pablo

Augustus Pablo
Born: Jan 1, 1954 in St. Andrews, Jamaica
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Died: May 18, 1999
Genre: Reggae
Styles: Dub, Roots Reggae
Biography: As any business person will tell you, the way to success is through the discovery of a niche or a previously unexploited market. Still, few business people, and even fewer musicians, would have believed that there was a market for the sound of the melodica. What next, they would have sniggered, a yazoo? ...Read full biography
King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown [Bonus Tracks]
Released: 2004
Label: Shanachie
Critics' Rating:
If you had to pick one album that best represents the pinnacle of the art of dub, you'd cull the candidates down pretty quickly to ten or 12, and it would get very difficult after that. Few would fault ...Read full review
East of the River Nile [Bonus Tracks]
Released: 2002
Label: Shanachie Entertainment Corp.
Critics' Rating:
The best of the pure instrumental albums in Pablo's catalog, East of the River Nile finds the melodica master stretching out on various keyboards and strings as well on earthy, meditative tracks like "Chant ...Read full review
More Augustus Pablo albums: Main Albums (26), Compilations (20)
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