Interview: Wayne Marshall Talks “Go Hard,” Ghetto Youths Link
Mr. “Go Hard” Steps Off Stage at London’s Indig02 & Chops It Up With Reshma B This past weekend, Damian Marley and the Ghetto Youths International crew set up shop in London, England to kick off the Respect Jamaica 50 shows at the Indig02. After blazing the stage, Wayne Marshall took a moment to kick […]
Interview: Damian Marley At Reggae Sumfest
Gong To The Zilla Blazes Sumfest On His Birthday, Then Chops It Up With The Reggae Girl About Town After mashing up the final night of Reggae Sumfest 2012, Junior Gong tells Reshma B all about the new Ghetto Youths movement. Video after the jump.
WATCH THIS: Konshens Live Pon Radio Lily
Fresh Off Reggae Sumfest, Konshens Passes Through Miss Lily’s And Makes The Gal Dem Bubble Fresh off a breakthrough performance at Reggae Sumfest’s Dancehall Night, Konshens Sojah jets off to NYC to nice up the #StrictlyBoomshots show. Max Glazer on the wheels; video by the man called Gizmo.
Interview: Shabba Speaks on Sumfest, Bigs Up Kartel
The Dancehall Emperor Speaks On Why He’s Been Away From JA, And Says “Free Up The Vybz” Shabba Ranks’ headlining performance at the 20th anniversary edition of Reggae Sumfest in the early hours of Saturday morning is front page news in Jamaica today. Shortly after tearing up the stage in MoBay, the “Dancehall Emperor” blessed Boomshots.com with this […]
Final Reggae Sumfest 2012 Lineup
Shabba Ranks, Junior Gong, Beenie Man, Lady Saw, R. Kelly, Trey Songz, Bunny Wailer, U Roy, and More… After months of waiting and anticipating, the 20th anniversary edition of “The Greatest Reggae Show on Earth” is all set to kick off in Montego Bay tomorrow night. Check out the full lineup and promo videos after […]
Reggae Sumfest Dancehall Night Lineup
Rumor Has It That Some Very Big Names Are Still To Be Added Reggae Sumfest, a.k.a. “The Greatest Reggae Show on Earth,” will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this July. Year in and year out, Sumfest has showcased the best of Jamaican music and brought some of the world’s best known international artists to rock […]
HEAR THIS: Papa San Names Out 106 DJs
Live & Direct From The Big Firgo Digital vs. King Addies vs. King Kustom Clash @ Biltmore Ballroom 1989 In those bygone days when sounds used to carry dubplates instead of laptops, three champion sounds collided at Brooklyn’s legendary Biltmore Ballroom. Big tunes were brandished, but the competition was not only limited to the turntable. […]
WATCH THIS: Mr. Vegas “Bruk It Down” Live Pon Radio Lily
Live From The Sweet Jamaica Album Launch, Vegas Bigs Up Buju And Busy and Fire Blaxx Just in time for the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence, Mr. Vegas launched his new double album Sweet Jamaica in fine style last night at Miss Lily’s Variety in NYC—broadcast live pon RadioLily.com. While Max Glazer and Spliffington juggled tracks […]
Johnny Osbourne “We Need Love” Live
Reggae Legend Rocks Out In Harlem Backed By The Full Watts Band Photograph by Paul Holgerson Ten-thirty p.m., Saturday, May 19, in Harlem. I’m sitting at a table in Ginny’s Supper Club below the Red Rooster, 125th and Lenox. Across this art deco revival Harlem nightclub, the funky rounded edges of the window to the […]
Brigadier Jerry Pon Radio Lily
The Original Dancehall General Passes Through Radio Lily To Nice Up The Strictly Boomshots Show Brigadier Jerry has more lyrics in his big toe than most DJs have in their whole catalog. This living legend of dancehall culture blessed Miss Lily’s last night with an hour-long reasoning and lyrics session. But if you missed last […]
Brigadier Jerry Live & Direct
On This Monday’s Strictly Boomshots Show, RadioLily.com Welcomes The Original Dancehall General This past Monday Romain Virgo niced up the Strictly Boomshots show with some sweet vocals and slick selecting skills. Virgo was a hard act to follow, but we found somebody who’s up to the challenge. And so this coming Monday we’re taking it […]
The Wisdom Of Lee “Scratch” Perry
Win Tickets To See The Artist Formerly Known As Pipecock Jaxson in NYC This Thursday Long before Lil Wayne started proclaiming that he was “not a human being,” Lee “Scratch” Perry had the whole self-mythologizing thing down to a science. Unfortunately Scratch the character—order your limited edition vinyl… action figure before midnight tonight!—has very nearly […]