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 [...]

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 29, 2011; 9:00 pm to 11:59 pm. ] 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 [...]

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 18, 2011; 12:00 am to 11:00 pm. ] 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 [...]

[ June 16, 2011 to June 18, 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]