What better way to spend a warm South Florida night than with a drink in hand — cocktail, mocktail, beer, juice, pick your poison — and letting your hips slowly sway to the bouncy rhythms of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars reimagined through a reggae-dub lens by Easy Star All-Stars?
The New York collective has built an international following by transforming beloved albums into laid-back reggae masterpieces. Over the years, the band has taken on everyone from Pink Floyd and Radiohead to the Beatles and Michael Jackson, turning rock and pop classics into bass-heavy, dub-infused journeys. Their latest project, Ziggy Stardub, gives Bowie’s iconic glam-rock masterpiece the same treatment, complete with appearances from Macy Gray, Maxi Priest, members of Steel Pulse, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, and Living Colour’s Vernon Reid.
Fans curious about what that sounds like can dive into the group’s extensive catalog online, including a standout KEXP performance that will make you understand why Easy Star All-Stars remain a well-respected live act nearly three decades after forming in 1997…