Dub & Reggae

Reggae Grammy campaign underway amongst reggae music producers

Cristy Barber, VP Records‘ Vice President of Marketing and Promotions, has finally taken action to end the uneven representation of reggae acts at the Grammy awards. As an example, Barber notes that Tarrus Riley wasn’t nominated for Contagious, this year’s wildly popular lovers’ rock reggae album, nor was Queen Ifrica nominated for Montego Bay.
Billboard [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The VP Records Story – video documentary

The VP Records, perhaps the leading contemporary reggae label, recently released this video documentary of their history, including their work with dancehall and reggae hitmakers Shaggy, Sean Paul, and Elephant Man.
From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSy6tqOM9WA.

Sean Paul wins 2009 reggae MOBO

Sean Paul won the Best Reggae Gong at the 2009 MOBO awards last night in Glasgow, Scotland. He did not attend though, and his acceptance speech was recorded. It was a tough category – other nominees included fan favorites Mavado, Serani, Tarrus Riley, whose recent album is Contagious, and Vybz Kartel.
International dancehall deejay Sean Paul [...]

KC Jockey Rub Your Body

Just got a press release from KC Jockey – new release is Rub Your Body. According to the promoters he “combines the musical crossover success of Sean Paul, Shaggy and recent pop breakthrough Sean Kingston, while consistently delivering his own signature call and response that devout fans pine for.”
I guess it’s cool to name [...]

Rebelution’s Bright Side of Life reggae album tops iTunes downloads

Rebelution is serving up fresh reggae music with Bright Side of Life, their 2nd reggae album. The Santa Barbara reggae band’s August 4 release has jumped to the #1 spot on the iTunes reggae album charts and is at the #3 iTunes spot for all US album downloads, a rare feat for any reggae release.
“After [...]

Sean Paul So Fine free MP3 download

So Fine is the first single from Sean Paul’s new album, Imperial Blaze. Imperial Blaze, Sean Paul’s 4th dancehall album, is scheduled for release on August 18th. Hype is growing after Sean Paul’s free blowout concert in New York’s Central Park.
Originally planned for a 2007 release as The Next Thing, Imperial Blaze was subject to [...]

Free Sean Paul performance, July 24th in NYC at 830am

[ July 24, 2009; 8:30 am to 9:30 am. ] Sean Paul, the dancehall star famous for his hit singles We Be Burnin’ and Temperature (both from his 2005 dancehall album The Trinity), will perform on Friday, July 24th in New York City’s Central Park. The free concert is part of ABC’s Good Morning America Summer Concert Series.

It probably needs to be free, since [...]