LargeUp Premiere: King Jammy Presents “New Sounds of Freedom”
One of Jamaica's most innovative producers reaches into the past for a brilliant new LP featuring some of reggae's biggest names.
Impressions: Photos From The Jamrock Cruise
A week aboard the world's greatest floating reggae festival.
Toppa Top ’15: The 15 Best Caribbean Albums of 2015
This year was full of diverse, full-length offerings from Caribbean artists
Riddim Reconstruction: Digital Dancehall Remakes from Manudigital
Watch France's Manudigital rebuild some of the '80s most wicked digital riddims.
Throwback Thursdays: Watch King Jammy’s Change The Sound of Dancehall in 1985
Witness the dawn of dancehall's digital era in a rare clip from 2006's "King At The Controls" documentary.
Sound the Airhorn: Barrioteca Tropical + Yardcore at RBMA NYC
Red Bull Music Academy returns to NYC with two massive Caribbean events in May.
Mixtape Mondays: David Rodigan x Barry G, DJ Yonnie, Thee Mike B
Wrap up 2014 with some historic moments from dancehall history and some tuff new dancehall.
Mixtape Mondays: DJ Vadim, Duss Ova aka 220 Sound, BlackHart
Another week of #MixtapeMondays on deck with dusty digital tributes from DJ Vadim, big new riddims from Duss Ova Sound and custom throwback remixes from BlackHart
Top Ranks: Kevin Lyons x Miss Lily’s Variety
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Last year visual artist Kevin Lyons staged a show of his work called Red, Gold & Green for Paris' Colette gallery, inspired largely by the aesthetics of dancehall and Jamaican ... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Beth Lesser’s Most Essential Foundation Dancehall Tunes
Words and Photo by Beth Lesser—
With her latest book Rub A Dub Style, dancehall historian/photographer and Reggae Quarterly founder Beth Lesser is taking a comprehensive look back at dancehall's emergen... Read More...
RIP: Risto Benji, 197?-2011
Words by Jesse Serwer
The curse of the child stars isn't just for actors on TV sitcoms. Risto Benji, who rose to fame as a kiddie deejay with King Jammy's in the late '80s and later had hits including "P... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Top 10 Garnet Silk Tunes
Words by Jesse Serwer
This past Saturday, April 2, would have been the 45th birthday of one of reggae/dancehall's golden voices: Garnet Silk. A supremely righteous, one-man antidote to the slackful '90s,... Read More...