Biography

Interview with Jalani Horton, Bambu Station

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text]He was absent from the scene for a long time, at least from the direct scene, so I looked for him in various ways to find out what was happening with him and the music he was making. This is the legend of the reggae scene, originally from […]

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Breaking News

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert passed away

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text]With a heavy heart, we announce that the frontman of the famous reggae band Toots and Maytals, Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, has passed away at the age of 77. Mr. Toots has been hospitalized at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, for just over […]

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Biography

Reggae Music History: David Hinds, Steel Pulse

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text] These days, I've been thinking about who will be next in the series "History of reggae music", and I have given priority to older icons that are still among us. Driven by that idea David Hinds and Steel Pulse weren’t in line, but since David Hinds turned […]

todayJune 21, 2020 12641 2

Biography

Reggae Music History: Winston Rodney, Burning Spear

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text]We've been planning to write a series about reggae music and its icons for quite some time, primarily the living ones, because once they are no longer with us their popularity and career reaches its peak and they are no longer able to see with their own eyes […]

todayJune 15, 2020 20844 10 2

Album Reviews

Album Review: Micah Shemaiah – Jamaica Jamaica

Analyst: Nenad Pekez MIcah Shemaiah - JAMAICA JAMAICA Nenad PekezWhat do you get when you combine today’s most promising Jamaican reggae singer with one of Europe’s finest production and publishing houses? We get a killer album, “Jamaica Jamaica,” the fifth studio release of the young Micah Shemaiah and an outstanding example of the perspective and future of roots music, which is suppressed in the mainstream by various shunts that cry […]

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Biography

Interview with Jalani Horton, Bambu Station

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text]He was absent from the scene for a long time, at least from the direct scene, so I looked for him in various ways to find out what was happening with him and the music he was making. This is the legend of the reggae scene, originally from […]

todayJune 29, 2021 478 3

Breaking News

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert passed away

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text]With a heavy heart, we announce that the frontman of the famous reggae band Toots and Maytals, Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, has passed away at the age of 77. Mr. Toots has been hospitalized at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, for just over […]

todaySeptember 13, 2020 2181 2

Biography

Reggae Music History: David Hinds, Steel Pulse

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text] These days, I've been thinking about who will be next in the series "History of reggae music", and I have given priority to older icons that are still among us. Driven by that idea David Hinds and Steel Pulse weren’t in line, but since David Hinds turned […]

todayJune 21, 2020 12641 2

Biography

Reggae Music History: Winston Rodney, Burning Spear

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text]We've been planning to write a series about reggae music and its icons for quite some time, primarily the living ones, because once they are no longer with us their popularity and career reaches its peak and they are no longer able to see with their own eyes […]

todayJune 15, 2020 20844 10 2

News

Poland’s reggae – Shashamane

It is a real pleasure to write about an underground band that has the quality and is close to our region. Today, this is the case with the Polish band "Shashamane", which contacted us like many through the social network.Honestly, I haven’t found some time to enjoy their music, but when Dadaman told me he likes what he hears, then I know it’s something worth hearing."Shashamane" in a way really […]

todayFebruary 23, 2022 370 1

Biography

Interview with Jalani Horton, Bambu Station

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text]He was absent from the scene for a long time, at least from the direct scene, so I looked for him in various ways to find out what was happening with him and the music he was making. This is the legend of the reggae scene, originally from […]

todayJune 29, 2021 478 3

Breaking News

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert passed away

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text]With a heavy heart, we announce that the frontman of the famous reggae band Toots and Maytals, Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, has passed away at the age of 77. Mr. Toots has been hospitalized at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, for just over […]

todaySeptember 13, 2020 2181 2

Biography

Reggae Music History: David Hinds, Steel Pulse

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text] These days, I've been thinking about who will be next in the series "History of reggae music", and I have given priority to older icons that are still among us. Driven by that idea David Hinds and Steel Pulse weren’t in line, but since David Hinds turned […]

todayJune 21, 2020 12641 2

Biography

Reggae Music History: Winston Rodney, Burning Spear

[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text]We've been planning to write a series about reggae music and its icons for quite some time, primarily the living ones, because once they are no longer with us their popularity and career reaches its peak and they are no longer able to see with their own eyes […]

todayJune 15, 2020 20844 10 2

News

Poland’s reggae – Shashamane

It is a real pleasure to write about an underground band that has the quality and is close to our region. Today, this is the case with the Polish band "Shashamane", which contacted us like many through the social network.Honestly, I haven’t found some time to enjoy their music, but when Dadaman told me he likes what he hears, then I know it’s something worth hearing."Shashamane" in a way really […]

todayFebruary 23, 2022 370 1

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