Opinion, reviews, interviews, staff lists, rankings, and other long talking about Reggae and Dancehall music and culture.
Jamaican music is fast-paced primarily because of the audience’s insatiable demand for it, and yet there are those artists who manage a timely balance of their own design.
Today, February 6, 2021, marks 76 years since the birth of the roaring, magnetic Tuff Gong.
Jamaica is a sea of muses, and inspired artists, something which is reflected in both our music and culture.
The Recording, entertainment and cultural industries in Jamaica have been on the back burner long before COVID-19.
As a new week rolls around so has a surge of new music from an exciting list of Dancehall artists.
Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has outlined parts of his vision for Kingston which would help the city to fully capitalize on its status as a UNESCO Creative City of Music, a designation with which it was bestowed, in 2015.
Veteran Dancehall deejay Lady G has revealed the source of inspiration for her 2013 double-entendre song Herbie, noting that it arose from the fact that she became a ‘ganja baby’ after her first trip to the parish of Westmoreland as a youth.
Minister Marion Hall, formerly Lady Saw, has returned with a bang, dropping no fewer than two Dancehall-tinged gospel tracks, Mi Soon Alright and From Mi Born, jointly released on the Hitmatic Records and RP Record labels.
One of Dancehall’s new generation rhyme-slingers Rytikal believes that the savagery demonstrated during a recent surge in the number of murders committed in Jamaica represents a “new low”.
Protoje’s swanky showcase of #squadgoals in his new music video Switch It Up is creating a buzz while climbing the trending list on YouTube Jamaica.
Dancehall and Reggae artistes in Jamaica, as well as their compatriots domiciled overseas, were on a creative streak in 2020 leading into 2021, with a plethora of albums set to be dropped this year by some of the industry’s biggest names.
The Man from Mars, Tony Matterhorn, got his moniker in an explosive way – literally – veteran Inner City Sound System selector, Mark Dragon has revealed.
In what has come as the reawakening of Trinibad’s promising young catalyst, Kyle George, a.k.a. Rebel Sixx, is the release of his new album, Last Son Of Pharaoh.
Veteran Dancehall artiste and producer, Mr G. (formerly Goofy) says Stone Love was the catalyst that skyrocketed the Gyal dem Gizzada Merciless, from a virtual unknown to one of Dancehall’s most revered sons, in just one night.
In tribute to an outstanding career spanning through the mid-’80s and ’90s, DancehallMag honors the legendary Sister Charmaine for her incredible contribution to the Dancehall genre.
The Have You Ever Been In Love track popularized by the late great Jamaican entertainer Dennis Emmanuel Brown in 1981 is the inspiration behind the Outta Jamaica Riddim project which has been gaining traction, charting worldwide including on the Jamaica Music Countdown.
Dancehall artiste Deep Jahi is showing off a romantic side in his latest single Inseparable released on January 8 by Natural Bond Entertainment.
DancehallMag caught up with Tarrus Riley to get his thoughts on his latest release, EZ Nuh, and his consistent innovation within Jamaican music.
Feelings are running high in Dancehall this week, the Gully Gad, Mavado in an unexpected admission, says he’s by no means a perfect man with a heartfelt new track, while Chronic Law is tired of failing at love.
Ultra talented dancehall-reggae artiste Davianah will be teaming up with Frankie Music for the release of her Rebel OffSpring EP in 2021.