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Issue #7

March 18, 2015

  • Rootfire World Premiere: Fortunate Youth “My Love”

  • Soul Signal: Regeneration

  • Weekly Vinyl Giveaway – Passafire “Vines” LP

  • Apocalypse Dreams: Satan, Rasta, and the Islamic State

  • “Always Friends” – Rebelution Ticket Giveaway

  • Live Series: GPGDS – Burkina Faso—>Foundation—>On the Moon

  • Rootfire World Premiere: The Skints “In the Night” (Featuring Horseman)

Issue #6

March 10, 2015

  • Editor’s Note: Pressure drop

  • Time: The Trappings and Liberations of Wave Riding

  • Photo Feature – The Green at Lincoln Hall – Chicago – February 7, 2015

  • Live Series: The Green – Drum and Bass Line (Aswad cover)

Issue #5

March 3, 2015

  • Editor’s Note: Connection is crucial

  • Winston Grennan Invented the One-Drop

  • Throwback Thursday: The Slackers – Wasted Days

  • Rootfire World Premiere: Kings and Comrades “Touch The Sky”

  • Rootfire World Premiere: Collie Buddz “Prescription”

Issue #4

February 24, 2015

  • Editor’s Note: With respect to Bob

  • Curating a Legend

  • Bob Marley Dublin July 6, 1980

  • Throwback Thursday: Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Babylon By Bus

Issue #3

February 17, 2015

  • Why Hate Reggae? When Reggae is Bigot Music

  • Editor’s Note: Tribe without a flag

  • Rootfire World Premiere: Through The Roots “Bear With Me”

  • Throwback Thursday: Peace In A Time Of War

Issue #2

February 10, 2015

  • Editor’s Note: Global Forces

  • Rootfire World Premiere: New Kingston “Honorable”

  • Throwback Thursday: Bedouin Soundclash – Street Gospels

  • Smoke on the laser/Let’s kick that Mexican’s ass

Issue #1

February 3, 2015

  • Editor’s Note: Green Riddim

  • The Economics of Reggae Keyboards: Technological Innovations and the Evolving Aesthetic of Sound

  • Throwback Thursday: Linton Kwesi Johnson’s Dread Beat an’ Blood