Morgan Heritage Announces Summer Tour
Morgan Heritage is Hitting the Stage in North America It has been five years since Morgan Heritage have released an album but they are back with their newest album, Here Come the Kings, and a U.S. Summer Tour. The contemporary, Reggae group have announced that they will be wrapping up their European and starting their North […]
WATCH THIS: Cornell Campbell “Queen of the Minstrel” & “Stars” Live
Roots Reggae Master Rocks Brixton Cornell Campbell in fine voice at the Lambeth Country Show at Brockwell Park, Brixton, London, UK on Sunday 21 July 2013 performing two of his greatest Studio One tunes ‘Queen Of The Minstrel’ & ‘Stars’ with backing by the Soothsayers Band. Photograph & Video by David Corio Video After The Jump…
HEAR THIS: Selena Gomez “Like A Champion”
Disney Diva Dabbles in Dancehall Buju Banton may be languishing behind bars, but his music cannot be contained. Sometimes that’s a good thing and sometimes, not so much. Case in point: Justin Bieber’s on-again-off-again lady love Selena Gomez has just covered his 1995 dancehall classic “Champion” inna island-pop stylee. Insert ear plugs and press play. Audio […]
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. […]
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Square One “Aye Aye Aye”
Alison Hinds Doesn’t Age Earlier today we dropped a new tune from Alison Hinds called “Born Wit It,” so we at Boomshots decided to show Alison some more love and take it back to the days when she was the sexy lead singer of the Bajan band Square One. During her time with Square […]
HEAR THIS: Alison Hinds “Born Wit It”
Shake What Your Mama Gave You Bajan soca queen Alison Hinds unleashes another hit guaranteed to mash up this Crop Over season. Alison tells the ladies big and small be proud of you shape because it’s yours and you were “born wit it.” Tune After The Jump…
HEAR THIS: The Incomparable Shakespeare “Murderer”
BK Rapper Reps For Trayvon Over a Barrington, Beenie, Buju Mashup The tragedy of Trayvon Martin’s murder and subsequent miscarriage of justice has inspired much outrage and more than a few good songs, the latest being this heatrock from The Incomparable Shakespeare, a young rapper from Brooklyn’s Vandevere housing projects. His use of various dancehall […]
HEAR THIS: Stephen Marley ft. Busy Signal “You and Me Attract”
Ragga And The HottHead Link Stephen “Ragga” Marley has been experimenting with some fresh new styles as he prepares to release his album Revelation Part 2: The Fruit of Life. The latest new sound is a collabo with Busy Signal that’s all about the girls. The mid-tempo tune boasts a catchy hook seasoned with Auto-Tune […]
MTV Nominates Tifa for Iggy Song of the Summer
Tifa’s Competing to Become MTV’s ‘Champion Bubbler’ Tifa has been making plenty of headway the past few months with her hits, “Nuh Good,” “Why Yuh Mad” and her now MTV nominated single, “Champion Bubbler.” The dancehall artist is one of ten that have been nominated by MTV for the Iggy Song of the Summer. Competing […]
HEAR THIS: Steel Pulse “Put Your Hoodies On (4 Trayvon)”
Handsworth Revolutionists Still Asking: “Does Not Justice Stand For All”? [Photograph by Dennis Morris] When Steel Pulse first burst out of Birmingham in 1975, they were the most militant reggae group in England. Their debut album, Handsworth Revolution set a tone of uncompromising rebel music with tracks like “Ku Klux Klan.” The band would sometimes throw […]
WATCH THIS: A$AP Ferg ft. A$AP Rocky “Shabba Ranks” Official Video
Dancehall Emperor Makes a Cameo Appearance in the new A$AP Mob Visuals The A$AP Mob may come from Harlem, but they’ve always showed love for Jamaican flavor. A$AP Rocky’s mixtape hit “Pe$o” had a chopped-and-screwed raggamuffin-style hook. Now comes A$AP Ferg with the smash hit named after dancehall emperor Shabba Ranks. It’s clear that A$AP […]