Dub & Reggae

Rockers Revolt January 2010 CD sale final days

The Rockers Revolt label has announced the final 3 days of our their reggae CD sale, which includes several great offers:

Buy any 4 CDs for £20
Buy any 10 CDs for £40
Buy any 14 CDs for £50

This offer includes the critically acclaimed brand new CD from Pama Intl, Outernational, featuring Lynval & Horace from The Specials)! [...]

Buju Banton cocaine defense lawyer claims entrapment

Grammy-nominated dancehall superstar Buju Banton, recently arrested in a cocaine bust, has a new defense lined up: his lawyer is arguing that the US government entrapped him.
They say a good offense is the best defense, and apparently David Oscar Markus, Buju Banton’s lawyer, agrees. He turned up the heat on a anti-Banton conspiracy theory when [...]

Shaggy, Sean Paul, Sean Kingston raise Haiti relief funds with Digicel

Reggae star Shaggy has teamed up with producer Christopher Birch to create a song, Rise Again to raise money for the Digicel Haiti Relief Fund. The project is sponsored by Digicel and aims to use Caribbean art and artists to assist the Haitian people.
Shaggy and Birch rounded up a who’s who of Caribbean artists to [...]

Buju Banton drug arrest: dancehall reggae star buys cocaine from undercover cops

Jamaican dancehall reggae star Buju Banton has been arrested for attempting to purchase 20Kg of cocaine (about 44 pounds) from an undercover officer in Florida. If found guilty, Banton faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency was acting on a confidential tip from an informant who wore a [...]

Reggae Grammy Nominees

The 52nd Annual Grammy nominees for Best Reggae Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
have been announced.
One of these nominees will win the best reggae Grammy at the 52nd annual Grammy awards:

Rasta Got Soul by Buju Banton on Gargamel Music, Inc.
Brand New Me by Gregory Isaacs on Tad’s Record
Awake by Julian Marley on Ghetto Youths/Tuff Gong/Universal Republic
Mind Control [...]

Noiseshaper releases Satellite City

Germany’s Big Up Magazin gave a quick review of Noiseshaper’s latest release, Satellite City, continuing their “Soul Dub Style” of music making.
Noiseshaper is made up of Axel Hirn and Flo Fleischmann. Satellite City is their 4th album, with tracks ranging from poppy reggae to deeper dub. Big Up gives it a generally positive review, but [...]

Xie Tianxia announces upcoming album, The Chinese Style of Reggae

Xinhua reports that Chinese grunge rock singer/guitarist Xie Tianxiao – also known as XTX or 谢天笑 – has announced the upcoming release of his new album in December 2009, to be titled The Chinese style of reggae. Xie Tianxiao has declared that this album will bring reggae to China’s mainstream audiences, combining traditional Chinese instruments, [...]

The Prester John Sessions Ethopian dub album from Gogol Bordello’s Tommy T

Easy Star Records released The Prester John Sessions, the debut solo production from Tommy T, the bass player from hit band Gogol Bordello, earlier this week; I recommend it to anyone who’s looking for a fresh dose of dub, funk, and classic Ethiopian instrumentation.
Like a mystic traveler searching for the legendary king Prester [...]

Michael Jackson reggae tribute from VP Records

Queens, NY-based reggae label VP Records has announced the forthcoming release of JACKSON LOVERS: A Reggae Tribute to the Late King of Pop. The Michael Jackson tribute album features reggae covers of Jackson’s top songs, including Human Nature by Tarrus Riley, You Are Not Alone by Duane Stephenson, Thriller by Singing Melody, The Girl is [...]

Sean Kingston Face Drop free MP3 download

Face Drop, Sean Kingston’s 2nd single from Tomorrow, follows Fire Burning on the Dancefloor with more of his pop reggae sound but takes a different course with more significant lyrics.
Face Drop is a dancehall pop story of Sean Kingston’s response to a beautiful girl who puts him down for his weight. Sean’s response is that [...]