FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Shabba Ranks “Ting A Ling”
Back To School Stylee A current trend in Hip-Hop is the sampling of classic Dancehall tunes. We’ve seen the likes of French Montana and most recently Kanye West and Jay-Z all feature tracks laden with samples of the Dancehall greats.
WATCH THIS: Trevor Sax Digs In the Crates
Reasoning With The Selector for London’s Mighty Saxon Studio International “I like to play the vinyls,” says Trevor Sax of Saxon Studio International. If you don’t believe him, you need to brush up your sound system history. Founded in 1976 as the Imperial Rockers, by Dennis Rowe and Lloyd ‘Musclehead’ Francis, the sound changed its […]
Reasoning With Luciano about Reggae, Dancehall & Snoop Lion
Jah Messenger Chats With Reshma B About Bob Marley’s Reincarnation It’s been a minute since we’ve heard new music from Luciano. But the crucial roots reggae vocalist now on tour and releasing new singles like “You Can Try,” which continues his tradition of constructive roots music with constructive messages. We caught up with Jah Messenger […]
Reasoning With Peckings “Old School, New Blood”
Reshma B Chops It Up With The Peckings Family Reshma B dropped by the legendary Peckings Studio 1 in Shepherd’s Bush, West London to chat with Chris Peckings about carrying on his family’s musical legacy. Chris tells how his father George Price aka Peckings grew up with the founding fathers of Jamaica’s reggae industry before […]
Toots Files $21 Million Lawsuit Against Bottle-Throwing Suspect
Toots Is Not About To Let This Outrageous Incident Slide Jamaican music legend Frederick “Toots” Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals fame has filed a $21 million lawsuit in the bottle-throwing incident that took place during Toots’ performance at the Dominion Riverrock Festival on May 18th. Toots was in the middle of his set when […]
Chino & Di Genius “Roots Sound”
We Nah Trade Nothing for the Reggae Roots Rock The Big Ship brothers are best known for blazing up dancehall tracks. Now they’ve come together to bless lovers of classical reggae with “Roots Sound,” a new song that pays tribute to the musical tradition that allowed their father Freddie McGregor to build up the studio […]
Lee “Scratch” Perry Meets Clive Chin, Part 1 of 2
Two Reggae Pioneers Meet Up Backstage And Reshma B Is There Dressed in red from head to toe, the Jamaican dub pioneer, producer and provocateur Lee “Scratch” Perry—aka The Upsetter aka Super Ape aka Pipecock Jaxson—took the stage at Le Poisson Rouge on the final night of Red Bull Music Academy’s recent NYC conference. He was […]
HEAR THIS: “Stepper Takes The Taxi” Sampler
French Sax Master Rides With Sly & Robbie For A Dubwise Xtravaganza Guillaume Briard, aka Stepper, is a bonafide member of the Taxi Gang, the ace reggae band that has accompanied drum and bass demigods Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. So when the Paris native links with the riddim twins for his own debut album, […]
HEAR THIS: Denroy Morgan “I’ll Rise To Fight Again”
Brand New Release From The Patriach of the Whole Morgan Line You think Major Lazer was the first act to blend dance music and reggae? Well think again. One of the first Jamaican artists to enjoy crossover success in the U.S. was Denroy Morgan with his funky disco selection “I’ll Do Anything For You.” Since […]
Reasoning With King Yellowman
There’s No Stopping The King of The Dancehall—And Him Nah Tek Back Nuh Chat King Yellowman’s reign just won’t let up. In the 80s, he made a massive impact on dancehall that became responsible for the very sound we know and love today. His track record for album releases are more than consistent and his […]
HEAR THIS: Shaggy ft. Beres Hammond “Fight This Feeling”
Sly & Robbie On The Riddim + Shaggy & Beres On The Mic = Total Niceness Since last year, Shaggy has been working on a very special roots rock reggae project with riddims laid down by the legendary Sly & Robbie and guest vocals by a who’s who of reggae superstars. When a Jamaican-born dancehall […]
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Eek-A-Mouse “Ganja Smuggling (live)”
Let’s Start Your 4/20 Weekend Off Right. As the day winds down some of you are probably already thinking about your 420 shenanigans. Let us indulge you a bit with this 1982 classic “Ganga Smuggling” from the original “Sing-Jay” himself Eek-A-Mouse’s debut album “Wa Do Dem.” Eek-A-Mouse regales us with tales of living in the […]