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Movie review
This DVD showcases footage from the Sting festival which took place in Jamaica in 2000. Performers include Junior Kelly, George Nooks, Cecille and Chuck Fenda, and also sound-clashes between Ninjaman and Merciless and Beenie Man and Bounty Killer....
Event review
Summer Riddims, Friday 9 December @ Indigo, WGTN.
A selection of shots from the Summer Riddims gig which took place at Indigo on Friday - a great night of reggae and jungle. Highlights were a full Ruffneck Souljah Crew, and a standout set from...
Event review
Ghetto Red Hot, Friday 18 November @ Havana, WGTN.
We rolled into Havana a little later than intended to find Kerb in full swing busting out Oochie Wally - nasty-nice. Looking fine in the matching hat-wristband combo, Kerb went on to...
Movie review
This DVD is about VP Records 25th Anniversary Concert which took place in Miami in 2004. It is relatively short, running for 52 minutes, and is a “..tribute to reggae music, the artists and the forces behind the music industry”. Artists featured...
Event review
Champion Sounds, Friday 11 November @ Subnine, WGTN.
Thanks to Flex for the pictures from last Saturday's Champion Sounds gig which took place at Subnine. Flex departs our shores this weekend for the Red Bull Music Academy which this year takes...
Movie review
Rebel Salute is a yearly musical event that takes place in Jamaica, organised by Tony Rebel, with the purpose of uplifting the community and putting forward positive messages to the youth, through the promotion of Jamaican artists and culture. This...
Event review
Salmonella Dub, Saturday 22 October @ The Opera House, WGTN.
Seeing Salmonella Dub perform the Dub Conspiracy concert was like the heady rush of alcohol. It was up-lifting and all-consuming at the time, but in memory the details become a...
Book review
Carolyn Cooper is the Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, director of the Reggae Studies Unit and an accomplished author, television presenter and cultural critic. In her second book, Sound Clash :...
Event review
Ruffneck Souljah Australian Tour, 16 & 24 September.
Between the 15th and 25th of September Ruffneck Souljah Recordings returned to Australia for the fourth time in just over a year. This time touching down in Adelaide and Melbourne for four...
Album review
Respect to DJ Nastyk for his review of The Rootsman's album, New Testament.
The Rootsman is a musician who began his adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1978 as a guitar player. His focus on the guitar lasted for only a short time as he...