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Tag: Jamaica
2 hours of Dilla from JD3 at Ronnie Scott's
When a love of J Dilla meets the combined musicianship of Jamaica, Ghana, and Nigeria, you get JD3.
The Bank of Jamaica's reggae celebration (feat. Tarrus Riley)
The Bank of Jamaica celebrated an economic improvement with a reggae video about inflation starring Tarrus Riley. Watch it here.
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.
Grace Jones - Me! I Disconnect From You (Cover)
Jamaica Month continues as an unreleased Grace Jones cover of Gary Numan’s “Me! I Disconnect From You” is unearthed for the upcoming reissue of 1981’s “Nightclubbing”.
Leftover Links: Jamaica
The latest edition of Leftover Links is all about Jamaica, with articles featuring Lee “Scratch” Perry, Count Ossie and the beginnings of rock steady.
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.
Sampleface Five: Dub Music Samples
If you were hoping for a post on dubstep, you might want to look elsewhere. This is about dub music, an offshoot of reggae music originating in the 1960s but since developing into its own identity. It first began as a general sound centred around instrumental remixes of existing reggae tracks, where they were sonically reshaped and the focus was mainly …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: David Rodigan At The RBMA
The reggae DJ legend David Rodigan talks about dubplates and soundclash culture with the RBMA in today’s Saturday Matinée. When you talk about Jamaican music (and specifically reggae), you hear the usual names of people like Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, Toots and the Maytals, Buju Banton, Beenie Man and the like. But in terms of …
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 …