Barrington Levy – Listen Here Denver!

Austin City Limits Music Festival – October 12th-14th – Austin, TX

Post Author By Jon Cass
Post Date October 18, 2012
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Austin Texas is commonly known as the “Live Music Capital of The World” and since 1976 the great live music program “Austin City Limits” has aired on PBS. Though this program was originally intended to showcase the music of Texas it has grown exponentially and eventually blossomed into the Austin City Limits Music Festival. It’s only been 11 years, but ACL has gained a reputation as the premiere music lover’s festival and has cemented Austin as the greatest music town in the universe.

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Barrington Levy Talks Medical Marijuana and The End of Dancehall

Post Author By Brian Turk
Post Date April 20, 2012
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Dancehall reggae began to take shape in the late seventies, and Barrington Levy has been in the scene since the beginning. When he was just 14 years old he began performing and recording this more stripped down version of reggae, and he literally grew up in the Dancehalls of Jamaica. Listen Up Denver! had the honor of speaking with Barrington Levy, and he gave us his thoughts on where dancehall has come from, and where it is headed.