Collie Buddz Playback EP free reggae music download

Collie Buddz Playback free download

Collie Buddz has returned to the music scene with a bang, making every track of his latest EP, Playback, available as a free download from his website. Originally released on January 18, 2011, Playback kicked off with Holiday, the first reggae single. The initial response to Playback was overwhelmingly positive, including strong support from NYC [...] »

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80 reggae love songs… know any others?

Reggae love songs

It’s early for Valentine’s Day, but not too early to fall in love. Here’s a list of reggae love songs to help you out: Is This Love, Could You Be Loved, Stir It Up, Turn Your Lights Down Low, Waiting In Vain, and No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley She’s Royal, the recent hit from Tarrus [...] »

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Vybz Kartel

Have a bigger audience: how to get your fans to share your reggae music »

Here’s 5 ways that you can make it easy for your fans to share your reggae band or music with their friends. “Word of mouth” and “viral” marketing are the easiest ways to spread news about your reggae band and increase the number of attendees at your shows. All of this information assumes that you have [...] May 25
Reggae crooner Machel Montano performing at a past IRAWMA ceremony

Top Caribbean entertainers named for IRAWMA weekend in Trinidad and Tobago »

As plans unfold for the staging of the 30th anniversary of the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) in Trinidad and Tobago anticipation is at an all time high. Music fans and industry insiders are eagerly awaiting the host of performances for the renowned awards show as well as the major concert event “Reggae [...] April 25
Acorn Project and Dub Lounge International CD release party

Dub Lounge International, Acorn Project, and the Fabulous Party Boys CD release party »

Acorn Project, Dub Lounge International, and the Fabulous Party Boys are hosting a tour kick-off and CD release party at Seattle’s Nectar Lounge on Friday April 29th, 2011. I’m in NYC so I can’t make it, but check ‘em out if you’re in the area! The show is celebrating 2 events in the Seattle-area indie music [...] April 7
Bob Marley

Zimbabwe’s 2011 Bob Marley Commemorations »

Zimbabwe will hold its annual Bob Marley Commemorations festival from May 13 until May 15 at Mazowe Sailing Club alongside Lake Chivero. Festival organizers have predicted that more than 30 reggae music groups from Jamaica, England, South Africa, and local areas will perform during the 3-day event. Event organizer Trevor Hall, popularly known as Ras Jabu, said [...] April 7
Japan Aid Reggae Event

JAMROCK For Japan With Mr. Vegas In NYC »

From Jamrock Magazine: We have all been moved by the human catastrophe that has visited the country of Japan in recent weeks. Needless to say, the initial earthquake followed by the threat of deadly radiation have exacted an unbearable and miserable toll on the Japanese people. Even though we are miles away from the epicenter of [...] April 7
2011 Love Your Mother Earth Music Festival

Love Your Mother Earth Festival 2011 »

This summer, on June 16th through the 18th, 2011, the Love Your Mother Earth (LYME) festival will be held at Ryan Creek Meadows in Montana, USA. Early bird tickets are selling for $25 each for the first 200 tickets sold. You can get them at the official LYME website (see the URL below). The LYME Festival 2011 [...] March 22
Smiley Culture - Police Officer album

Smiley Culture dies of single stab wound shortly before trial »

Smiley Culture, the reggae singer from Britain who reached fame in the 1980s for singing about the difficulties of young black men in the face of police oppression, died in his Warlingham, Surrey home on March 15 during a police raid on his home. The official police story is that Smiley, born David Emmanuel, killed himself [...] March 19
Buju Banton cocaine defense: entrapment

Buju Banton drug arrest sentencing delayed »

Jamaican dancehall reggae singer Buju Banton has been convicted of 3 drug charges but his sentencing has been delayed to Thursday, June 23, 2011. Buju Banton will be sentenced in by Judge James S. Moody Jr., in a Tampa, Florida court. He was found guilty last February of 3 charges including conspiracy to possess with the [...] March 19
DJ Pax Nindi - African dub reggae DJ

Free 2-hour dub music download from DJ Pax »

This is a guest post by DJ Pax. This year I made a visit to Sao Luis in northeast Brazil which is the centre of roots reggae music in the whole of Brazil. This was part of my break from the tour I was doing in Recife and Olinda where I launched my new african reggae [...] March 19
Gangstas - The Movie

Barrington Levy to star in Gangstas movie from Jamaica »

We’ve just received word that dancehall star Vybz Kartel and reggae singer Barrington Levy are going to star in Gangstas, a new feature film that’s being shot in Jamaica. The action flick is heavily rooted in Barrington Levy’s Gangsters soundtrack, which includes performances by Vybz Kartel and DJ Khago. The movie aspires to show the gritty [...] March 12