MIX: NTS's Edna Martinez explores the world of champeta criolla for The Vinyl Factory
It’s party time on the Colombian north coast!
Tag: Caribbean
Richard Villegas on the Black ancestral sounds of Colombia
Take a musical trip to Colombia and don’t forget your dancing shoes!
Joseph Bologne, the Black polymath composer
Joseph Bologne may have been a composer, a virtuoso violinist, a conductor, a renowned champion fencer, but he was NOT the Black Mozart!
Childhood Cassettes: Reggae Music From My Youth
Childhood Cassettes looks at the tapes we listened to as young rapscallions. Here’s the lowdown on my childhood defined by reggae music before all that hip hop stuff kicked in.
Reggae and Sound System Culture in the UK
Our resident reggae lover Bee discusses its sound system culture in the UK and how it has blossomed over the years.
Sevens Clash Go Record Shopping In Jamaica
Jamaica, the birthplace of musical legends such as Bob Marley, King Tubby, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Desmond Dekker, Peter Tosh and many more (listing them all would probably be another post for another day). For many people, it’s synonymous with reggae music thanks to Marley and co. and with it, the nucleus of this well-deserved fame …