Features
Opinion, reviews, interviews, staff lists, rankings, and other long talking about Reggae and Dancehall music and culture.
Lila Iké Delivers Hit After Hit At Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival
Reggae starlet Lika Iké was certainly the highlight of Day 2 of the first-ever, virtual Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival…
Jaz Elise’s New EP ‘The Golden Hour’: Album Review
Jamaican songbird Jaz Elise has debuted her new EP, The Golden Hour today through her label, In.Digg.Nation Collective in partnership…
Damian Marley Says Reggae Industry Should Learn From South Korea’s K-Pop
Known as the “youngest veteran”, Damian Marley has made a name for himself locally and internationally in the music business…
Dancehall Star Bugle Sings Of Brighter Days Ahead
https://youtu.be/k8_pjvr-lf0 Dancehall artist Bugle believes in the power of positive thinking and this is something that evident in his music.…
A Grammy For The African Giant?
It's officially two weeks to the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, and one question is running through the minds of not…
21 Questions With Walshy Fire: Making Hits For The Time
Walshy Fire has played a major part in the development of Caribbean music. The Grammy Award-winning producer has been instrumental…
Jada Kingdom, Dexta Daps Urged To Label Themselves As R&B Artists
Jamaican artists such Jada Kingdom and Dexta Daps, are, to their own disadvantage, mislabeling themselves as Dancehall artists, when in…
Skillibeng Urged To Let ‘Crocodile Teeth’ Breathe
Even as Esyde artist Skillibeng continues on what many are describing as a prolific song-releasing streak, Dancehall pundits have expressed…
Beres Hammond’s Virtual Concert With Buju, Marcia Griffiths & Popcaan: Here’s What Happened
Jamaican balladeer Beres Hammond negotiated a memorable reentry into the stage show arena with the Love From A Distance virtual concert.
Fela Kuti: The Musical Legacy
He was more than a multi-instrumentalist and a musician. In life, he was a Pan-Africanist and a political activist, and in death, a legend. Born in the city of Abeokuta,…
Yaksta’s ‘Ambition’ And 11 New Dancehall Songs To Listen Right Now
In a mix of positive, uplifting, sexy, and even fiery new releases this week, we’ve found a few Dancehall and Reggae tracks to update your playlist right now. A few…
‘Dancehall Professor’ Says Much Of Jamaica’s Music History Documentation Lies Exclusively In Hands Of Foreigners
A leading professor in culture at the University of the West Indies (UWI), is contending that longstanding prejudices against Dancehall, Reggae and Jamaica’s other music genres, has resulted in much…
Charly Black Hunting A Grammy With New EP ‘So Many Reasons’
Dancehall artist Charly Black believes his latest material will help him to secure a coveted Grammy Award. Black who dropped his So Many Reasons EP yesterday, February 26, revealed that…
Tosh Alexander Talks Wanting A Skillibeng Collab And Sampling Dancehall Classics
Reggae-Dancehall artist Tosh Alexander is a huge fan of Skillibeng, describing him as one of the most interesting musicians to have come into the musical space in recent times. According…
Spotify In The Caribbean: Turning Cultural Capital Into Financial Capital
Spotify is now available in Jamaica and the Caribbean region. At their Stream On launch event, they announced services to over eighty new markets expanding to additional one billion customers.…
Protoje On His Search For Lost Time, Nostalgia And The Purity Of Youth
The atmosphere of music in and from Jamaica has shifted dramatically over the last ten months. Many artists are pivoting from the typical single and tour-based music business model that…
