Rock’N Vibes & United Reggae are running a contest until February 26 to allow fans to win 1 of 5 copies of the new Genesis album by Dutch reggae star Maikal X.
One of the most promising young international talents in all of reggae music, Dutch star Maikal X, has just made his first contribution to [...]

VP Records has announced 3 sales on their albums, for Etana‘s Free Expressions, Elephant Man‘s Dance & Sweep, and Songs for Reggae Lovers 4, a compilation album created specially for Valentine’s Day.
Free Expressions from Etana
Etana‘s Free Expressions is a 14-track album that display the artist’s unique brand of pop reggae, soulful vocals, and personal lyrics. [...]

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 [...]

Jah Sun has announced the release of his new single, GANJAH DON, featuring Italian reggae music star Alborosie, from More Love Productions.
The reggae song hit the Italian charts and is on the Reggae Nation Top 10 video charts. You can get the reggae single now on CDBaby, iTunes, and BandCamp.
Here’s the video from [...]

Rastafarian reggae singer Buju Banton‘s trial ended in a mistrial decision today, meaning the artiste will have to wait until December for a new trial and verdict. The Jamaica Observer reports that “Banton seemed relieved when the announcement of a new trial date was made.”
At the Gibbons federal court in Tampa, Florida federal court today, [...]

Damian “Junior Gong” Marley is one of Bob Marley’s children and a successful reggae musician whose most recent album, Distant Relatives, a collaboration with hip hop artist Nas, has earned him widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. Damian currently continues his life-long musical career, living between Miami, Florida, and Kingston, Jamaica. He continues the practice [...]

[ June 1, 2010; June 2, 2010; June 11, 2010 to June 12, 2010. July 24, 2010; July 27, 2010; July 30, 2010 to July 31, 2010. August 14, 2010; ] Jah Sun has announced a new reggae hip hop EP released for the summer: Gravity by Jah Sun & The Far East Band, featuring Queen Omega and Stevie Culture.

Jah Sun has also announced the forthcoming Battle The Dragon dub album, due out fall 2010, where Jah Sun meets Special Delivery with additional featured artists including [...]

[ May 2, 2010; May 21, 2010; May 22, 2010; May 23, 2010; May 25, 2010; May 26, 2010; May 28, 2010; May 29, 2010; May 30, 2010; May 31, 2010; June 2, 2010; June 8, 2010; June 9, 2010; June 11, 2010; June 12, 2010; June 13, 2010; June 27, 2010; June 28, 2010; July 1, 2010; July 3, 2010; July 4, 2010; July 6, 2010; July 7, 2010; July 9, 2010; July 10, 2010; July 11, 2010; July 13, 2010; July 14, 2010; July 16, 2010; July 17, 2010; July 20, 2010; July 23, 2010; July 31, 2010; August 1, 2010; ] Reggae royalty Damian “Junior Gong” Marley and hip hop star Nas are teaming up again for their summer 2010 Distant Relatives tour, supporting their co-created album of the same name.

Distant Relatives is the hotly-anticipated reggae / hip hop crossover album that is the result of a long collaboration between Marley and Nas. Although Nas and [...]

Max Tannone recently joined the Dub and Reggae community and messaged me about his latest release: Mos Dub, a dub remix of Mos Def.
I’ve heard other great dub covers of popular music, most famously Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band by Easy Star All Stars and the VP Records tribute to Michael Jackson as well [...]

Slinky Music has just released the  BEST OF BANGERS R MASHED VOL. 2 from the Nuffwish crew. The new album collects 14 tracks of pure dub reggae joy, with tracks from reggae music artists including

Bob Marley
King Tubby
The Upsetters
Beenie Man
Elephant Man
Ashanti
Streets
Big Youth
Fatback band
And others…

Some of these dub reggae tracks are new, many have been previously released.
You [...]