Jimmy Cliff hooked up with Tim Armstrong last year who put together a backing band of the best musicians he could to create a collection of tunes that would showcase Cliff’s distinctive vocals and gangster personality with Tim’s punk esthetic. It looks perfect on so many levels as we mentioned before.
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The cover of The Clash’s “Guns of Brixton” by Jimmy Cliff and Tim Armstrong we told you about previously is now available as a digital single on iTunes with a 7″ vinyl and EP coming soon. It was produced by Tim Armstrong with backing from an all-star band called The [...]
Jimmy Cliff is without a doubt one of the greatest living artists of our time – not just known as a Reggae superstar but an international movie star and known the world around for his long recording career. He’s always pushed the envelope with his music not just sitting back on his past hits. He’s [...]
Blaxplotation was an interesting time in American film history. The guns, the broads, the bigger guns, the gangsters and fast cars or was that fast women? BOTH! I found this piece recently on what it meant and a good selection of the top films to come out of [...]
Jimmy Cliff’s had more than a few hits over the decades he’s been making music. I would have to say though that his greatest lasting legacy that can’t be denied might just be being in the film The Harder They Come and singing the title track. Seems everyone has covered this [...]
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