THE ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR, baby !!!

THE Dubber (aka Breath) takes his cue from poet Robert Frost and takes the road less traveled to desend upon Columbia, offering an alternative-yet delectable dish of musical euphoria in a pot filled with acoustic reggae seasoning. Same great taste, but without the over-processed fluff and filler of current pop radio.

THE Dubber is a Washington,D.C., musician with roots in funk and hip-hop from his years in Los Angeles. His more recent work is anchored in the worldview and sounds of reggae, taking the socio-political side of Bob Marley melding it with the contemporary spin of The Roots. He calls his music "urban folk," and there's more than a little Gil-Scott Heron or Richie Havens in what he does with an acoustic guitar.

Creative Loafing
The Dubber -- If this event was still a contest, there's no doubt in my mind that the D.C. resident would have walked away as the winner. Within moments of starting his performance, the crowd closed in and conversations ended. His reggae-folk style combined with a fantastic stage presence as The Dubber sang and hit occasional notes of percussion with a pinky ring or his mouth a la beatboxing. A few in attendance displayed disappointment about missing his recent Evening Muse show… Continue

It's amazing ! I had The Dubber album in a pile of things to listen to, but didn't do so for a while. When I did, I was pleasantly surprised because The Dubber had something different. He have a nice reggae feel crossed with the blues. And his guitar sounds...amazing.

The Columbia City Paper
THE Dubber
Written by Thos Best
Friday, 07 November 2008
Interview by Thos Best

“The word ‘dub’ means to redo or rework and when I do my music I take bits and pieces of different types of music from different artists and put them together to rework it.” -The Dubber

How would you describe your sound?

Universal-- I see myself as a World artist. And what I mean by that is, when I used to work at Tower Records, I noticed their World section, and when I would go there I wou… Continue