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Sly Dunbar

NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Sly Dunbar on 19 February 2026. Sly Dunbar has been played over 80 times on NTS, first on 21 November 2013. Sly Dunbar's music has been featured on 79 episodes.

Lowell "Sly" Fillmore Dunbar was born on 10 May 1952, in Kingston, Jamaica.

Working together with Robbie Shakespeare, Sly and Robbie are considered one of the world's premier rhythm sections for their work in & out of reggae. They are considered originators of the “Rockers” rhythm. Dunbar & Shakespeare formed their Taxi label in 1980. It has seen releases from many international successful artists, including Black Uhuru, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Ini Kamoze, Beenie Man and Red Dragon.

He has played for The Aggrovators for Bunny Lee; The Upsetters for Lee Perry, The Revolutionaries for Joseph Hoo Kim… Recorded for Barry O'Hare in the 1990s.

As a member of Word, Sound & Power he backed Peter Tosh on the album Mystic Man.

Sly and Robbie also played on Bob Dylan's albums Infidels and Empire Burlesque (using recordings from Infidels sessions).

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Sly Dunbar

NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Sly Dunbar on 19 February 2026. Sly Dunbar has been played over 80 times on NTS, first on 21 November 2013. Sly Dunbar's music has been featured on 79 episodes.

Lowell "Sly" Fillmore Dunbar was born on 10 May 1952, in Kingston, Jamaica.

Working together with Robbie Shakespeare, Sly and Robbie are considered one of the world's premier rhythm sections for their work in & out of reggae. They are considered originators of the “Rockers” rhythm. Dunbar & Shakespeare formed their Taxi label in 1980. It has seen releases from many international successful artists, including Black Uhuru, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Ini Kamoze, Beenie Man and Red Dragon.

He has played for The Aggrovators for Bunny Lee; The Upsetters for Lee Perry, The Revolutionaries for Joseph Hoo Kim… Recorded for Barry O'Hare in the 1990s.

As a member of Word, Sound & Power he backed Peter Tosh on the album Mystic Man.

Sly and Robbie also played on Bob Dylan's albums Infidels and Empire Burlesque (using recordings from Infidels sessions).

Original source: Last.fm

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Now Thing
Sly, Lenky
Mo Wax2001
Hopscotch
Larry Levan, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Gwen Guthrie, Wally Badarou, Darryl Thompson feat. Darryl Thompson, Gwen Guthrie, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Wally Badarou
Garage Records1983
Padlock
Larry Levan, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Gwen Guthrie, Wally Badarou, Darryl Thompson feat. Darryl Thompson, Gwen Guthrie, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Wally Badarou
Garage Records1983
Peanut Butter (Long Vocal)
Gwen Guthrie feat. Darryl Thompson, Gwen Guthrie, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Wally Badarou
Garage Records1983
Inner City Blues
Sly Dunbar (Steven Stanley mix)
Island Records1982
Senegal Market Place
Sly Dunbar
Taxi, Virgin1979
Corners Boy
Sly Dunbar O.D., Christopher Birch
How Yu Fi Sey Dat ?1999
A Who Say
Sly Dunbar
Virgin1978
Peanut Butter
Larry Levan, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Gwen Guthrie, Wally Badarou, Darryl Thompson feat. Darryl Thompson, Gwen Guthrie, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Wally Badarou
Garage Records1983
King David Version
Sly Dunbar O.D., L. Mafia, C. Birch, Dean Fraser
High Power Music1997