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''Midnight Raver'' is a blog and non-profit international consortium dedicated solely to the promotion and preservation of roots reggae, culture, and dub. Contributors include authors and journalists, historians, record producers, broadcasters, lecturers, archivists, collectors and publishers. ''Midnight Raver'' is an online resource for reggae news, historical perspective, and commentary and has been featured and sourced in The Guardian, Buzzfeed, Jamaica Observer,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/TOSH-BIO-RELEASED_15119703 )〕 Billboard Magazine, Investors Business Daily, JamaicansMusic, PeterTosh.com, BobMarley.com, and other websites and publications of note. The website is also sourced in author Paul Sullivan's book ''ReMixology: Tracing the Dub Diaspora (2013)''. Along with feature articles, live performance audio and video, and vintage press archives, Midnight Raver also features interviews with reggae artists like Ziggy Marley, Bunny Wailer, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Luciano, Adrian Sherwood, Bob Andy, Aston Barrett, Don Carlos, Flabba Holt, David Hinds of Steel Pulse plus many more. In addition, Midnight Raver hosts exclusive streaming content from a variety of contributors including radio broadcasters Doug "Midnight Dread" Wendt and Dermot Hussey. Midnight Raver hosts the ''Midnight Dread Special'', a weekly podcast featuring the original broadcasts of the ''Midnight Dread Radio Show'' which aired from 1979 to 1985 on KTIM and KQAK FM in San Rafael, California. Midnight Dread, 2015 recipient of the Rex Foundation's Ralph J. Gleason Award, hosted the very first reggae radio show in the US in 1974 with THE REGGAE EXPLOSION on KTIM San Rafael. Midnight Raver also hosts ''The Riff'', the weekly podcast of Musgrave Award-winning Jamaican broadcaster/producer and current Sirius/XM radio host Dermot Hussey. ''The Riff'', produced by Dermot Hussey, features the latest in reggae, world, and jazz with interviews and commentary from artists and industry. ''The Riff'' also airs weekly on NewsTalk 93 FM in Jamaica. On July 15, 2014, Midnight Raver launched a CrowdRise fundraising campaign to raise money for the restoration and replacement of African hand drums and other Jamaican cultural and historic artifacts that were lost in a house fire in Jamaica on July 2, 2014. The drums and other percussion instruments belonged to the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, the group of drummers founded by Count Ossie and which played on the internationally renowned hit ''"Oh Carolina,"'' the infectious ska number recorded by the Folkes Brothers in 1958. On August 14, 2014, Shanachie Records announced through Midnight Raver their plans to release a Willi Williams/Yabby You project titled ''"Unification: From Channel One To King Tubbys With Willi Williams And Yabby You, which includes tracks recorded in the late seventies and never released. According to label chief Randall Grass, the album was recorded between 1978 and 1980 at both fabled Channel One studio and King Tubby’s studio, utilizing a diverse group of top-shelf Jamaican musicians, including Sly & Robbie and the Revolutionaries, Soul Syndicate, The Gladiators, Jackie Mittoo, Bobby Ellis, Cedric “IM” Brooks and Bobby Kalphat. The website was also involved in one of the best-reviewed reggae releases of 2015 - the Shanachie Yabby You retrospective box set titled ''Dread Prophecy: The Strange and Wonderful Story of Yabby You.'' Several of the site's contributors provided rare vinyl singles for digital transfer and inclusion on the album. The site was also heavily involved in the promotion of the set.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://midnightraverblog.com/2015/02/dread-prophecy-the-strange-and-wonderful-story-of-yabby-you/ )〕 On August 22, 2014, Carlton "Tetrack" Hines announced on Midnight Raver the forthcoming release of the new Tetrack 12" single titled ''“That Day Will Come.”'' The single will be released on the Roots Vibes label on September 30, 2014. On December 11, 2014, Midnight Raver premiered ''"Well Done,"'' the new Damian Marley-produced single from Kabaka Pyramid. Although it was removed within one hour without explanation, the track registered more than 1,000 listens on SoundCloud, sparking some speculation that it was a promotional move by Kabaka Pyramid to fuel hype about the track. In an April 2015 interview with Midnight Raver, Ras Puma (Thievery Corporation, The Archives) revealed that he is working on a new EP with Honest Records DC. The EP, titled ''In One Accord'', will be released under his new name "Puma Ptah." The first single from the EP, titled "One", was released on April 10, 2015. ==Popularity== On November 18, 2014, Midnight Raver announced that the web site had surpassed one million site visits.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://midnightraverblog.com/2014/11/18/midnight-raver-surpasses-1-million-site-visits/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Midnight Raver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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