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Top Cats: The New ‘Generation’ Roots Reggae of The Lions

Words by Jesse Serwer— Stones Throw Records is best known for underground hip-hop staples like J Dilla's Donuts and MF DOOM and Madlib's Madvillainy,but recent years have seen the California label branch... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Riddim Wise, DJ Moma, DJ Eclectik

Words by DJ Theory— Ring in the New Year with some celebratory mixtape juggling. Reggae music in many forms leads the pack this week with careful selections from Montreal, NYC and Vancouver. Cheers! R... Read More...

Behind the Riddim: The Doo-Wop Ska of Esprit de Corps’ “Cherry”

Words by Jesse Serwer— LA's Esprit de Corps first caught our attention earlier this year with their sublime, lovers-rock-y “Is It Too Late.” After a few quiet months, the pair returned recently returned ... Read More...

LargeUp Exclusive: Stream Beres Hammond’s New Album ‘One Love, One Life’

Words by Jesse Serwer, Images by Martei Korley— Jamaica's greatest living singer has a new album, and it is one of his strongest records in years. We're still letting it sink in but One Love, One Life... Read More...
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Audio: Hear Ernest Ranglin’s New Ska/Jazz Project

Words by Jesse Serwer— Now 80 years old, Ernest Ranglin (or Ernest Ranglin O.D. fi di yardies dem) is one of the giants of Jamaican music. His name may not be as recognizable as some of the musicians and... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Eccentrix, The Large, Mad Mike x Fras Twinz, Toddla T

Words by DJ Theory — With Notting Hill Carnival coming to a close and NYC's West Indian Day Parade on the horizon, there's no shortage of mixes and vibes to be had this time of year.  Here's a few of our... Read More...

R.I.P: Lloyd Brevett, “True Father of Jamaican Bass”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Bassist Lloyd Brevett, who combined with drummer Lloyd Knibb to form the rhythm section for ska pioneers the Skatalites, died on Thursday. Brevett suffered a stroke in March, just ... Read More...

The Shoe Fits: Clarks To Spotlight Jamaican Culture with New Campaign

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Beth Lesser— In the spring of 2010, with Vybz Kartel's "Clarks" reaching peak rotation levels, I published a story in  The Guardian tracing the long-running connection bet... Read More...

Bob Deep: The Wailing Wailers’ “Ska Jerk”

Words by Jesse Serwer— Continuing on with our journey into some of Bob Marley's best rare grooves, in celebration of his 67th birthday today, we're going all the way back to the very beginning of the Wai... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Clarks’ 2 Tone Ska Desert Boots

Words by Jesse Serwer, via Cutlass and Cane Perhaps you've heard the phrase, Put your skanking shoes on. Now when someone issues you this directive, you can proceed to your closet with no doubt as to whi... Read More...

Roots Maneuver: Talking Ska, Reggae + Movies with Fishbone’s Norwood Fisher

Words by Jesse Serwer Last month I caught a screening of Everyday Sunshine, a documentary about Fishbone, one of the most eclectic and original bands to come out of the U.S. during my youth. Not only did... Read More...

Pre History: Soul of The Lion x Cyril “Count C” Braithwaite

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Wax Poetics We all know the saying that in cultures of oral tradition, an old man's death is like a library burning down. If that is true then the passing of Count C--e... Read More...
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