Lee “Scratch” Perry’s Revelation

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Dancehall has been popular in Jamaica for many years. Today, it’s at its peak. Lee Scratch Perry, a legend of reggae, has released a new record titled “Revelation.” It features some of the players he’s been associated with of late including Rolling Stone Keith Richards on guitar on the track Book of Moses. The World’s Marco Werman has more. Download MP3
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Marianne Faithfull

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Singer Marianne Faithfull’s been called the first rock chick, a 1960s icon, and an honorary Rolling Stone. Her career has also been grist for the British tabloid mill: dated Mick Jagger, overdosed from drugs, music comeback, beat breast cancer. Now she’s got a new album out — of other people’s songs — and she’s in the middle of a brief tour of the US. The World’s Marco Werman sat down with Marianne Faithfull to ask her a simple question.