Music Archives - Page 214 of 231

Don Dada: Remembering Chutney Godfather Sundar Popo

Words by Rishi Bonneville Ten blocks of brightly-painted shops along Liberty Avenue, strung between the last stop on the A-train and the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens, are the vertebrae that together for... Read More...

President Select: Wyclef Jean’s Haitian Experience

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton The ink is hardly dry on Wyclef Jean's rejection letter from the Haitian electoral college (after he tried unsuccessfully to run for president of his native land) yet Columb... Read More...

Wingless Angels: Exclusive Keith Richards Interview

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton About the time that Germany was trouncing England out of the FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa this past summer, Sir Keith Richards hit me up via cellphone and told me a... Read More...

Major Lazer’s “Pon De Floor” Reinterpreted by Eastland High School

Words by DJ Gravy OK, if you have a twisted sense of humor like I do, you may agree that this is one of the funniest things you've ever seen. Gotta give it up To Diplo, Switch, and of course the "Pon De ... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Spooky Reggae!

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton This year Halloween fell on a weekend (sorry, it had to be said) and Subatomic Sound and J. Rockaz have inspired me to compile this top 10 list of spooky reggae jams to drop... Read More...

Oh My: Vampires, Informers and Elephant Man

Words by J. Rockaz Boogidy boogidy BOO! It's Thriller time once again my friends and that means you got to get your "Boogie On" on the dancefloor and elsewhere, 'cause otherwise ...BOO! (got you again). ... Read More...

Step Out: New Busy Signal Turf Gear Tees

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Soon-come press announcements about dancehall virtuoso Busy Signal moving into street apparel with his own Turf Gear line of tees have been circulating for a minute now--but... Read More...

Ackee And Salt-Phish: Top jamband Phish tribute Gregory Isaacs

Words by DJ Gravy It seems you can find reggae obsessives just about everywhere. You may not think of Jamaica when you see masses of (mostly) white kids at a jamband show or festival but there is an undeniab... Read More...

The Ruler’s Back: More Gregory Iconography

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, photos by David Corio via Deadly Dragon If your appetite for iconic images of the late, great Gregory Isaacs was only whetted by Martei Korley's candid portait of the Cool ... Read More...

Cool Ruler: Remembering Gregory Isaacs, 1951-2010

Words by Jesse Serwer Gregory Isaacs had the best nickname: The Cool Ruler. The title of his classic first album for Virgin Records in 1978, the moniker perfectly captured the singer's musical vibes—noncha... Read More...

Watch Me Now: Selita Ebanks x Kanye West

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton If you stay up on industry gossip you already know that Selita Ebanks, the Grand Cayman native and runway model we featured in our Toppa Top 10 Caribbean supermodels has bee... Read More...

Ari Up, 1962-2010

Words by Jesse Serwer Punk-reggae fusionist Arianna Forster, AKA Ari Up of the Slits, has died at age 48 of an unspecified "serious" illness, according to her stepfather John Lydon (yes, Johnny Rotten was ... Read More...