Vybz Kartel released his New Millennium dancehall track (featuring Wayne Marshall) long before his current drama around allegations of skin bleaching.
New Millennium is a great dancehall music track, celebrating new beginnings and the good things in life.
Vybz Kartel and Wayne Marshall music video

This video includes Vybz Kartel & Wayne Marshall doing New Millennium and Why [...]

Signal Path has made the first electronica / dubstep / glitch single from their upcoming EP, The Prosaic Fades, available as a free download on their website. Continue reading →

Bob Marley surprised the world when he rose from his birth on the small island country of Jamaica to become the King of Reggae music, known in countries around the globe. While he radically expanded listeners’ awareness of reggae musical forms, he was also renowned for his Rastafarian beliefs and his gifted lyrics. In reggae [...]

Collie Buddz Come Around lyrics
A just the sweet sweet sensi,Yuh know,Yeh I, Yeh I,Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Now,
Finally the herbs come around,The high grade when me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,Sweet sensi a come around,Me a take a little draw and pass it go round, so,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade [...]

Stephen Marley released his solo debut, the Mind Control reggae album, in 2007. It went on to win the Grammy for Best reggae album that year, being selected over work from Toots & the Maytals, Burning Spear, Lee Scratch Perry, and Sly & Robbie. Mind Control‘s hit single was The Traffic Jam, which he recorded [...]

History of Dancehall music
Dancehall music first became popular in the late 1970s, a decade after dub music had already demonstrated the rich possibilities for reggae subgenres. Dancehall began in the Jamaican dancehalls as when people wanted something different from the roots rock that dominated the Jamaican music scene at that time. Local soundsystems began experimenting [...]

As Barack Obama‘s presidency reaches the 100 days mark today, he has not only led the United States politically, he has also inspired the imaginations of reggae and dancehall artists around the world. This list started as 7 reggae tracks and grew to 15 as I researched more and more – the songs closer to [...]

Easy Star All-Stars‘ latest release, Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band, follows the successful path set by their previous dub reggae albums. Continuing their practice of covering groundbreaking concept albums by renowned rock bands (the first 2 releases were covers of Pink Floyd and Radiohead) Lonely Hearts Dub covers The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts [...]

[ April 16, 2009; 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] On April 16th, in the Bronx, New York, The People of Black Heritage, the Coalition to Preserve Reggae, and ZYNC TV NEW YORK LINKZ will host a community forum to discuss the question “Do radio deejays contribute to the state of popular Jamaican music?” The Coalition to Preserve Reggae conducts educational forums and presents music [...]