Check out the new collaborative single by Northern California-based reggae roots group Groundation and legendary Jamaican bands Israel Vibration and The Abyssinians. The track is the first one extracted from Groundation’s tenth studio album titled One Rock and out in May via French label Baco Music and American Easy Star...
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After last week’s tribute to the great Lee Scratch Perry, several musicians and producers let me know their work is also greatly influences by The Upsetter‘s work. So I did an open call on FB and IG and this is the result, almost two hours of producers and musicians influenced...
Last Sunday the Upsetter Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, the greatest producer of reggae history, passed away aged 85. He left us a wealth of reggae and dub music from Bob Marley and The Congos to contemporary collaborations with bands from around the globe. We listen to some of his work with...
Californian reggae-rock band Rebelution and Jamaican dancehall artist Busy Signal partnered up to give life to ‘All or Nothing’, the latest single extracted from Rebelution’s 7th studio album In the Moment: https://moremusic.at/InTheMoment
Check out the ‘For the Culture’, the new single by “the Italian reggae Ambassador” Alborosie. The song is extracted from his upcoming namesake album, out on June 4: https://alborosie.lnk.to/ForTheCulture_Single
Jamaican-American singer/songwriter and sax player Masego recently recorded a live rendition of his new tune ‘Mystery Lady’ for The Late Late Show with James Corden featuring rapper Don Toliver. The track is part of Masego’s new EP “Studying Abroad”: https://masego.lnk.to/MysteryLadyID
“Easy Star Records brought together the four musicians featured in the performance include Hector Lewis on the Cajón, Jerome “Spangy” Small on the U•BASS®, and both Nico Groskopf and Monty Savory on the tenor ukulele. This video marks the first occasion that these four prolific Jamaican session musicians have...
“From the forthcoming album ‘Havana Meets Kingston – Part 2‘ this stunning version of ‘Lagrimas Negras’ features legendary Cuban singer Beatriz Márquez together with some of Jamaica and Cuba’s most accomplished musicians. This exclusive video footage shows Cuba’s capital city in a very different light, captured during the various...
Check out Jamaican born London-bred reggae and R&B singer Khalia‘s new single ‘No Better Day’. The track, produced by DANCE SOLDIAH Records & Digital cut, is part of her upcoming double-LP Kensei & Sensei Riddim out in June: https://smarturl.it/KhaliaNoBetterDay
Check out the new collaborative single released by Havana Meets Kingston… ‘The Fire From Africa’ is part of the second chapter of the project, coming out in late 2021. The song “blends roots Jamaican reggae with Afro-Cuban chants, bringing together traditional and spiritual elements of both islands and...
