Opinion, reviews, interviews, staff lists, rankings, and other long talking about Reggae and Dancehall music and culture.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Shaggy, with his rumbling baritone-range singing voice, covering 10 tracks from Frank Sinatra, one of the biggest names in the history of American music, was a very ambitious task, and one executed with finesse, for his Come Fly Wid Mi album.
It was an active past week for Dancehall music with songs being released by some of the top trending artists in the industry.
Linval “Shabba” Thompson Jr., popularly known as Shab Don, who was freed of gun related charges on April 7, once again faced the law in the Kingston and St.
In this month’s installment of 7 songs worth listening to, we have flavors of music from all parts of the Jamaican music spectrum ranging from spicy upbeat dancehall to some reflective reggae.
At more than five decades into his musical career with an untold number of recordings to show for it, Lowell “Sly” Dunbar sails into 70 today, May 10.
Music producer Sean ‘Contractor’ Edwards is over the moon after receiving a plaque for hitting the Billboard Compilation Album Chart for his project Tropical House Cruises to Jamaica: The Reggae Collector’s Edition.
After 23 years with Voicemail, Qraig, who makes up one-half of the famed Dancehall duo, will release his highly anticipated solo debut album titled Listen To Me on June 24.
New York-based Dancehall artist Kranium has been in the game for over nine years. With hits like Nobody Has To Know, Gal Policy, Last Night and We Can, the Jamaican-born entertainer says he’s here to stay because he’s laid the necessary groundwork and created a lane for himself.
With summer fast approaching, there’s no shortage of new music to usher in the concerts and parties that are set to follow.
Released in May 2002, the Diwali Riddim has soared across borders, genres and generations but were it not for Steven ‘Lenky’ Marsden’s persistence, the Dancehall blockbuster might have never left the ground.
Reggae/Dancehall singer Kairo McLean, the JUNO Awards’ (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys) youngest nominee ever, appears to be spearheading another Reggae Revival.
Here are seven Reggae and Dancehall songs, released over the last month, that are worth streaming.
John Coop has not yet reached the two-year milestone as a Dancehall producer, but despite that, he is sure of his goals which include several Grammy awards, Billboard plaques, and to reach the success level of the famed record executive, DJ Khaled.
American singer and actor Frank Sinatra remains a topic of discussion among other great musicians, two of which happen to be Shaggy, and former The Police frontman, Sting.
The sons of Dancehall star Vybz Kartel are steadily putting in the work with hopes of cementing their names in the fraternity like their father.
Stefflon Don often references world domination in interviews and, given the global appeal of her sound, it’s easy to see why.
Sean Paul is elated that the video for No Lie—his Dancehall-Pop collab with British singer Dua Lipa—has surpassed the one billion views milestone on YouTube, five years after its release.
New York-born entertainer Michael Star grew up with a niche for music, that was certainly spearheaded by his father, legendary singer, Mikey Spice.
While Reggae fans were distracted by the main attraction at the 2022 Grammy Awards, Panamanian-born stalwart Filberto ‘Fil’ Callender triumphed.
It is perhaps portentous that the same week that the reggae industry tragically lost two founding members of The Mighty Diamonds, a predominantly white Reggae band won the Reggae Grammy.