In the words of DENM, Southern California is “not all Beverly Hills and Malibu. It’s tough and you gotta learn to be tough to make it.” DENM’s latest single, “Blow It Up,” takes us to the seedier side of SoCal in a cool-rolling party anthem that embodies the rough and tough… Read More
Last week, I sat in a Florida motel room with some of my best friends from Los Angeles’s most revered early-reggae group The Aggrolites. We were talking about some of our shared experiences playing in backing bands for foundational Jamaican artists.… Read More
Jah Stitch died a few weeks ago.
It seems a safe bet to assume that most people, even “reggae fans,” have never heard of Jah Stitch. I don’t want this to be a biography. You can look him up on Google, or learn all about… Read More
British reggae outfit Steel Pulse unveiled the lead single, “Cry Cry Blood,” for their first album in 15 years, Mass Manipulation, out May 17th via Rootfire Cooperative and the band’s own imprint, Wiseman Doctrine.… Read More… Read More
Guest Post by Jim the Boss
When The Impressions landed in Jamaica for the first time in 1966, their popularity spread like a wildfire. The band’s presence essentially created an equivalent to “Beatlemania.” The group’s records sold very well on the island and dozens of groups… Read More
Denver has been a growing hotspot for reggae over the last handful of years. And given the abundance of venues and a crowd that can legally self-medicate it’s no wonder that some of the country’s top musicians are now calling the mile-high city home.… Read More
Technology is everywhere these days, and despite controversies surrounding privacy there’s no denying that one upside is the ability to communicate with anyone, anywhere at any time—and in a variety of ways. Enter today’s Global Watch Party with New Zealand’s Katchafire.… Read More
