Reggae Music on the Rise in Uganda If you thought that the 1998 Lucky Dube show that sold out in Namboole Stadium was the best thing that ever happened on Uganda’s reggae scene, then you should visit one of the popular clubs in town. You will find crowds swaying to the buzz of the soft [...]
Stars ‘big up’ patrons Performers at the Caribbean Rising event on Sunday night at the James Bond Beach, St Mary, were in awe of the sheer determination of fans, as they stood in the mud and heavy rains from Tropical Storm Wilma to see them perform. “Bway, dem brave … Is a brave set of [...]
Ice Breaker rhythm chills in the record shops The Renaissance label’s most ambitious project to date is the Ice Breaker rhythm. Produced by Delano Thomas, the Ice Breaker rhythm which has been making noise on radio and in the dancehall for a few months now is the follow-up to the label’s Stepz rhythm which spawned [...]
Hartford Advocate: A Dose of Dub Brooklyn´s Jamaican doctor of dub prescribes a double dose: the re-release ofInna City Pressure and the new release Patterns of War There’s little as dull in a music review as a description of the reviewer’s infatuation with a disc (“never leaves the player,” “think of it when I’m making [...]
New York reggae band skanks to a unique beat John Brown’s Body is the greatest reggae band you’ve never heard of. No, they aren’t Rastafarians. Jamaica isn’t home — upstate New York is. And most of the eight band members are white guys you’d never expect to see at a reggae show, let alone performing [...]
The Story of Reggae and UK Dance Without reggae and how it does things, it’s unlikely the UK soul and dance music scene would have developed in the way that it has. With Jamaicans, for a long time making up half the total numbers of immigrants to the UK from the Caribbean, that island’s culture [...]
Morgan family goes double at Hilton It was two the family way for the Morgans on Tuesday night, with the presentation of new albums from two groups comprising members of the family at the Jonkanoo Lounge of the Hilton Hotel, New Kingston.
The Caribbean Invasion Born of reggae and once relegated to New York’s outer boroughs, ‘dancehall’ now powers mainstream chart-busters like Sean Paul’s ‘The Trinity.’ Dancehall once meant the place where your grandparents stepped in time to the tunes of Benny Goodman. Or maybe the dreaded venue for weekly ballet lessons. But thanks to Jamaican artists [...]
Interview: Gary Pine the Wailers / Love Generation Pete Tong listed this little number as his Essential Tune of the week. It’s Bob Sinclar with ‘Love Generation’. This tune features the vocals of Gary Pine, lead singer of The Wailers. It melds laidback Caribbean beats, carefree whistling and hippy-esque lyrics – “feel the love generationâ€. [...]
Alicia plays a new part Classically-trained pianist, singer and songwriter Alicia Keys is set to star in her first movie – about a musician whose life echoes her own. Helen Brown joins her for a ‘bed chat’ to talk about her life, her music – and colouring in The hurricane that had stripped the South [...]