Strictly speaking this track hasn't actually
been released yet - not in it's original incarnation anyway...
International Roots
first came to my attention early last year when it was briefly posted
on Earl 16's myspace - there was no...
'Who dem man deh sound like The Wailers?' said Robert Nesta Marley when he first heard The Meditations singing in 1978. Having been introduced to Marley through Lee Perry, The Meditations were already in their rootical prime. Three-part harmony...
As of last week I had never heard of Solo Banton, but since downloading his tune Old Time Something from Reality Shock Records, a
UK based label/booking agent, Banton's name has coincidentally come up
in a few...
'Nah-nee-nee-woh-oh,
zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no
nah-nee-nee-woh-oh,
zig-ee-nah-nah-no-no-no...'
Transcribed,
that looks like a load of complete and utter nonsense. But when you
hear the eccentric ragga-infused ramblings of UK Apache on Shy...
Brooklyn's
Jahdan is gonna blow up proper in late 2009! After his standout
appearance on Major Lazer's roots nugget, Cash Flow, he has dropped the
single, The General, on Liondub, to be followed by his debut solo album Buzzrock Warrior which is...
Although this track was first cut in
1972 on the Sonia Pottinger-produced album Presenting Errol Dunkley,
the most famous incarnation of Little Way Different is the version
Dunkley recorded in 1978 with the godfather of British reggae,...
Sleng
Teng is a line in the sand for reggae history - it was the first fully
digital riddim ever released and it ushered in sweeping changes to the
Jamaican music scene.
It
was released in 1985 and after roughly 15 years of...
Yabby You is one of the more intriguing
figures in the world of roots-reggae. Born in Waterhouse as one of 12
children in his family, he grew up in extreme poverty. As a teenager
he suffered malnutrition and developed severe arthritis that...
King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown is
without doubt one of the crowning achievements of dub music. Released
as an LP in 1977, it is a collaboration of two of the most important
figures in the development of reggae: the introspective Augustus...
Stalag 17 is a strong contender
for the most popular riddim in reggae history - it has reportedly been
versioned in over 400 tunes.
The most famous Stalag versions
are probably the two massively popular early dancehall tunes - Tenor
Saw's...