Jah Cure at Reggae Sumfest: “Somebody Has to Sing For The Ladies”
Iyacure Bigs Up Beres Hammond “He is my idol, my mentor, my father, my inspiration” “Somebody has to sing for the ladies them,” said Jah Cure in his pre-show interview backstage at Reggae Sumfest 2013. “So I chose that path after Beres Hammond as a youth. So yeah, the ladies them is my thing.” Just […]
Sizzla Kalonji Speaks on Selassie’s Birthday
Just Before Blazing The Niyabinghi Fire, Sizzla Checked in With The Strictly Boomshots Show Today marks the 121st anniversary of the birth of Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, who would go on to become Haile Selassie I, emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. Selassie holds a special place for the Rastafarian faithful, and his birthday is celebrated by […]
Freddie McGregor & Chino Pon Radio Lily
The Big Ship Family Sails Through The Strictly Boomshots Show Last week’s show was an epic two-parter. No sooner had Mr. Easy vacated RadioLily on his way to a Brooklyn studio session than we got word that the Big Ship crew was in town. Of course Di Captain and Chino had many moves to make, […]
Mr. Easy Pon Radio Lily
Crucial Dancehall Singer Nices Up Strictly Boomshots Last week on the Strictly Boomshots show we were blessed by the presence of a true veteran in the dancehall business. Talking about the man called Mr. Easy aka Easy like Sunday morning. You know his tunes like “She Drives Me Crazy” on the big bad Buyout riddim. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Reasoning With Sizzla Kalonji
Kalonji Speaks On The Motherland, The Messiah, Losing Fattis and Finding Snoop Lion Sizzla’s new album The Messiah finds Sizzla near the heights of his creative powers. This new set of tunes harkens back to some of his greatest works Black Woman and Child and Da Real Ting among them. On “Give Them A Ride” […]
Burning The Midnite Oil
St. Croix Roots Reggae Rebels Rock NYC An energetic, electric crowd awaited the arrival of Midnite for the “Late Night Ghetto Session” at the B.B.King Blues Club located in the heart of New York City’s Time Square. Appropriately enough, the band hit the stage around midnight, with lead vocalist Vaughn Benjamin and his brother, producer/vocalist/dub […]
Bob Marley’s “Catch A Fire” Turns 40
Island Records Founder Chris Blackwell Speaks On The Record This week (April 13th to be exact)marks the 40th anniversary of Bob Marley And The Wailers “Catch A Fire.” Often credited as one of the first reggae albums to gain international acclaim as well as to many one of the greatest albums of all time in any genre, but […]
WATCH THIS: Snoop Lion Feat. Cori B. & Drake “No Guns Allowed”
Snoop’s Latest Gets Some Visuals Whatever your thought are on Snoop’s rasta persona Snoop Lion one thing can’t be denied that he does make good music. This statement has been further solidified with the success of his “No Guns Allowed” tune. The audio petition for the crack down of gun violence finally got its […]
HEAR THIS: Meta & The Cornerstones Feat. Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley “My Beloved Africa”
Meta And Gong-zilla Joins Forces To Show Love For The Motherland With the April 30th release of their sophomore album “Ancient Power” drawing close, we take a listen to one of its stand out tracks entitled “My Beloved Africa” featuring none other than the mighty Gong-zilla himself Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley.
HEAR THIS: Snoop Lion Ft. Cori B & Drake “No Guns Allowed”
Snoop Enlists His Daughter Cori B And Drake As They Plead For An End to The Gunplay Having previewed this track Last week on the Conan O’Brien Show, big Snoop Lion drops the next single off his Reincarnated album entitled “No Guns Allowed,” which Snoop has repeatedly called his favorite on the album. It’s certainly […]