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 [...]

[ May 3, 2009; ] The 28th Annual International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) will return to New York City on Sunday May 3, 2009. The ceremony will host the top names in reggae, soca, and world music at its new venue: the York College Performing Arts Center, located at 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Blvd in Jamaica, Queens, New [...]

Julian “Juju” Marley has announced the May 26 release of his 3rd solo album, Awake, on Ghetto Youths/Universal.
Tracks from the new reggae album were recorded in the United States at the Lion’s Den in Miami, Florida and in Jamaica at Tuff Gong in Kingston. As with the other Marley brothers, Julian Marley‘s latest album blends [...]

Easy Star All Stars have released an exclusive free listening album premier. Listen to Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band here. Continue reading →

Enjoy the 420 holiday with this list of dub and reggae music inspired by that little green plant.
Don’t want to find all the tracks? No worries – you can also listen to Pissed Pat’s Stoned 4 U Revisited Mix right here on Dub & Reggae or check out to the Blazed and Infused Ganja Mix [...]

Lucky Dube‘s 3 killers were sentenced to life in prison today in the Johannesburg High Court, after busy week that included a failed escape attempt and a guilty verdict in the South African reggae musician’s murder case.
Sifiso Mhlanga, Mbuti Mabe, and Julius Ngxowa, the gunmen who killed internationally-acclaimed reggae star Lucky Dube during a failed [...]

Roots reggae singer Ziggy Marley has announced that he will appear as part of alt rock band 311‘s Unity Tour. Marley will participate in the tour’s 25 shows across the United States.
The Unity Tour begins on June 5th in Santa Barbara, California runs across the country to New York City’s Central Park Summer Stage on [...]

Jamaican reggae music began in the 1960s and has grown into a rich global art form that encompasses many musical sub-genres. The evolution of reggae music is intertwined with American popular music. In reggae’s early decades, pop music flowed over the radio waves to influence Jamaican artists. More recently, as reggae has grown in popularity [...]

Cedella Marley Booker, mother of reggae icon Bob Marley, passed away in her Miami home on Tuesday. She was 81 years old and died of natural causes after a long illness.
Affectionately known as “Mother Booker,” she will be missed by her family and the South Florida community where she was active [...]

The Reggae Academy has published the official list of 2008 Reggae Academy Awards nominees. Nominations are based on academy members’ votes for recordings released between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007.
Reggae Academy Award winners will be announced on February 24th, 2008 at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston, Jamaica.
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