Awesome Reggae

Musician Luna Lee turns in another great performance on her gayageum, letting her fingers fly across all 18 strings with a cover of the Bob Marley and the Wailers classic I Shot the Sheriff. Luna’s brings a whole new flavor to the track through her expressive improvisation skills.

Musician Andre Antunes is back with another musical reinterpretation of a viral video. This time, he took footage of a preacher speaking in tongues during her sermon and gave her chant an uplifting ska-reggae riddim. Todor Tchobanov, Pedro Azevedo, and Paulo Fragoso provided the brass and woodwind section.

What might Nirvana have sounded like if they hailed from Kingston, Jamaica instead of Seattle, Washington? Music remixer Andy Rehfeldt has the answer. So sit back, light up a spliff, dim the lights, and enjoy some Rastafarian grunge.

Bob Marley’s track Three Little Birds is one of those songs that can brighten even the darkest day. Marley’s daughter Cedella asked Seed Animation Studio to create a music video for the track. Director Morgan Powell came up with a new take on the classic Big Bad Wolf fairy tale, in which peace and harmony win out over conflict.

Bob Marley music has a distinctively reggae sound. But in the hands of electronic remix artist Eclectic Method, it takes on a whole new vibe. This wonderfully chill edit was actually put together back in 2004, but the Method’s Jonny Wilson says he forgot to upload it until now.

Two musicians with reggae riddims coursing through their veins dropped by the NPR Music studio to turn in a great mini concert featuring the tracks Englishman in New York, Don’t Make Me Wait, and a mashup of Shape of My Heart and Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD. We were hoping for a little Boombastic or It Wasn’t Me though.

After wowing us with his performance of Billy Jean, musician Ronobir Lahiri turns in a truly unique cover of Bob Marley’s reggae-folk classic Redemption Song, this time showing off both his sitar and his vocal skills.

Twenty-four-year-old Jamar “Chronixx” McNaughton has been steadily rising up the music scene with his classic and smooth brand of reggae. Watch him perform Skankin’ Sweet, Majesty and Spanish Town Rockin’ from his new album Chronology.

Postmodern Jukebox and vocalist Ariana Savalas teamed up to transform Shaggy’s raggamuffin hit It Wasn’t Me into a ’60s-style version that sounds a whole lot like Tom Jones’ classic It’s Not Unusual. It’s one of those things that shouldn’t work, but somehow it does.

Gogamusic has made a career out of turning popular songs into reggae versions. As we dug through his YouTube channel, we came across a few gems, not the least of which is this cover of Journey’s 1981 classic, which seems completely at home in Jamaican style.

For his latest video redub, Mylo the Cat has Kermit the Frog channeling Rikrok’s vocals, and The Swedish Chef perfectly cast as Shaggy as they take on the classic reggae-rap track. All we can say is that Miss Piggy is gonna murder Kermie this time.

While the audio leaves a lot to be desired, it’s still awesome to see this performance where Stevie Wonder heard the reggae band Lesterfari and Kings Music gigging outside of an LA health food store, and joined them for an impromptu rendition of Bob Marley’s Waiting in Vain.

Nope, not the guy from Beach Boys, but this Hawaiian reggae artist is an equally talented musician. This live performance of his song Permanent Holiday may not seem much at first, until you realize what he’s doing. Skip to 4:22.

Listen to the second coming of Bob Marley in this clip from the 2013 Holland edition of The Voice. We take that back – Mitchell Bruning’s voice is even smoother than Marley’s. Hear more of Mitchell’s incredible talent here.

To commemorate the recent 70th anniversary of Bob Marley’s birth, the guys from Reggaeville put together this wonderful a capella arrangement of the classic Could You Be Loved. Guaranteed to make you bob your head.

An lineup of vocalists and performers from reggae groups like Black Uhuru and Steel Pulse cover Michael Jackson’s entire Thriller album, reggae style. Check out more tracks over on YouTube.

You’ll be jammin’ with House of Marley’s reggae-inspired boombox with dual 1″ tweeters, a pair of 4.5″ woofers, and a built-in iPhone/iPod dock. Made from birch and canvas. Out this February.