WATCH THIS: Edward Seaga Speaks On “Reggae Golden Jubilee”
The Former Prime Minister Turns Selector, Picking 100 Tunes To Represent The Best of Jamaica To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence, former Prime Minister Edward Seaga teamed up with V.P. Records to create the historic anthology Reggae Golden Jubilee. The producer of the Higgs & Wilson track “Manny Oh” returned to his musical roots […]
HEAR THIS: Johnny Osbourne “Mr. Marshall”
Check Out Where Major Lazer Got The Vocals For Their Soon To Be Released Single “Jah No Partial” While we anxiously await the release of Major Lazer’s new single (set to drop Monday 22nd October), we thought it would be nice to take a listen to the song that inspired it all. Johnny Osbourne’s 1980’s […]
Watch This: Bitty McLean & Josey Wales “Running Over”
Bitty McLean And The Outlaw Josey Wales Link Up Over A Sly + Robbie Production We’re excited to announce the soon-to-be released “Running Over” single by Bitty McLean featuring non other than “The Outlaw” himself Josey Wales, and if you think that wasn’t enough the track is produced the legendary foundation duo Sly & Robbie. The […]
HEAR THIS: Cocoa Tea Pon Radio Lily
Cocoa Calls In To The Strictly Boomshots Show We don’t usually do phoners on the Strictly Boomshots show—but we made an exception for Cocoa Tea. The fisherman from Clarendon has caught more than a few classics in the stormy seas of reggae music. Think about all the eras this classical reggae dancehall superstar spans—from Junjo […]
Letter From Kingston: Digging On Beat Street
Sevens Clash Goes Shopping At Augustus Pablo’s Old Record Shop Today, Beat Street is a shadow of its former self. A long, slow rate of attrition initiated by the digital drift of the music industry, and assisted by governmental neglect, has gradually gutted what was once a vibrant scene. With a disappearing domestic market and […]
Reasoning With Scientist
A Dub Legend Speaks on King Tubby, The Roots of Dub, & The Vampire-Killing Power of Drum & Bass History will be made tonight at B.B. King’s in New York City when the Dub Champions Festival presents Scientist and the Roots Radics band performing their legendary 1981 album Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the […]
Lee Jaffe Speaks On Peter Tosh
“Legalize It,” An Exhibition Of Jaffe’s Tosh Photos, Is On View Now At Dem Passwords Gallery in L.A. Lee Jaffe was born in the Bronx but always felt right at home in Jamaica. The man who played harmonica on Bob Marley’s “Three O’Clock Roadblock” was also a great photographer who shot the cover of Peter Tosh’s […]
Massive Attack To Reissue “Blue Lines” Album
Take A Fresh Listen To The Seminal Debut Disc From Bristol’s Wild Bunch Back in the late 1980s, before terms like “trip hop” and “dubstep” were ever uttered, a sound system called The Wild Bunch decided to start producing their own music. DJs Daddy G and Andrew Vowles joined forced with graffiti artist-turned-rapper Robert “3D” […]
Beres Hammond Set To Drop New Album
The Double Disc “One Love, One Life” Will Show Both Sides of Hammond’s Artistry A new Beres Hammond release is always cause for celebration. From love songs like “What One Dance Can Do” and “Tempted To Touch” to reality tunes like “Warriors Don’t Cry” and “Putting Up Resistance” the maestro’s catalog runs the gamut of […]
THROWBACK: Garnet Silk “Nothing Can Divide Us” Live
The Archangel Testifies To The Power of Love From “Splashing Dashing” to “Mama Africa” to the “Lion Roars,” Garnet Silk blessed us with some amazing records during his brief, brilliant time on earth. The LPs and 45s trace the outlines of a stellar career, but if you never got the chance to experience Garnet live, […]
Unreleased Treasures From The Randy’s Studio 17 Archives Debut On BBC Radio4
Reshma B Joined Clive Chin For a Transfer Session Of Original Master Tapes From The Randy’s Vaults Boomshots UK Correspondent Reshma B appeared yesterday on “Front Row,” BBC Radio 4’s flagship arts show, to talk about the legacy of Randy’s Studio 17. She also premiered never-before-heard snippets of unreleased tracks from the Randy’s archives. You can […]
Joseph Hill Speaks on “Two Sevens Clash”
Remembering Culture’s Armagideon Theme Song Thirty-five years ago was July 7, 1977—a numerological cataclysm of epic proportions in a year of turmoil and great music. (Seven/seven/seventy-seven was sorta like the original 12.21.12.) But none of the the apocalyptic anthems released during that fraught year could touch Joseph Hill’s inspired ravings on the classic Culture selection […]