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Mixtape Mondays: Federation Sound, The Large, Kalibandulu

Words by DJ Theory— This week I find myself in Austin, TX for the SXSW festival. Having a more than decent time already down here, I'm looking forward to DJing a healthy amount of parties, connecting with th... Read More...

Afro-Caribbean: Distant Relatives + Marleys in the Kalahari?

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton This week the Discovery Channel unveiled Marley Africa Road Trip, a new six-part travelogue following Marley brothers Ziggy, Rohan and Robbie (you haven't heard of him but h... Read More...

Seen: Naomi Campbell on the Cover of LURVE

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Life + Times Hello, wicked. UK Jamaican gal and patron goddess of style Naomi Campbell covers the fifth issue of swanky upstart fashion mag LURVE. As LURVE founder/edit... Read More...

Havana Club: Gilles Peterson x Cuba

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via Revivalist Speaking of Havana, UK rare groove and new soul champion Gilles Peterson recently announced the imminent release of a sequel to his Havana Cultura project hi... Read More...

Post-Game: Dantana Does Notting Hill Carnival

Words by Dantana When one door closes, another opens. Our usual source for all things Cockney & Yardie, Gabe Heatwave of the Heatwave crew had logged on to provide us a breakdown of the runnings at L... Read More...

Mixtape Mondays: Emynd, Shystie, Splurt, DJ Spy

Words by DJ Theory Booyakasha!!! For this week's edition of Mixtape Mondays we're steppin back into the 90's, crossing over to the UK, gearing up in NYC and crackin' jokes in Trinidad. Emynd, Hot Ste... Read More...

Deejay Child: The Post-Sizzla Generation

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton, via SEEN There's really not much to be said about this 2005 BBC clip thats floating around the interweb this week except that these UK raggamuffin kids are clearly not afra... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: New Shimmy Shimmy Tees

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton The dancehall blog/zine/t-shirt kings (& queens) over at Shimmy Shimmy unveiled their new line this week. That includes new color-ways of the crucial Shabba tees we prev... Read More...

Rest In Peace: Smiley Culture

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton Throwback Thursdays has come two days early this week, for the worst of reasons. We've just received news that Smiley Culture, innovator of the MC style of reggae in the UK,... Read More...

Fashion Fridays: Shimmy Shimmy x Shabba Ranks

Pixels cross the Atlantic at the speed of light (or at least the speed of dial-up) while physical package tek the slow boat. Which is why even though dancehall-friendly Shimmy Shimmy blog launched itself as... Read More...

Free Britannia: Reggae Britannia Documentary Goes Online

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton You may remember we mentioned this excellent new BBC documentary exploring the impact of Jamaican music on UK pop culture from the 1960s til now. Unless you were actually al... Read More...

Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave’s UK Update, February 2011

Words by Gabriel Heatwave In the UK as elsewhere, the hottest topic in dancehall this month has been Vybz Kartel's complexion, even among people who don't normally follow the culture. It's a shame that i... Read More...

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