A Life In and Out of ‘Fashion:’ Chris Lane talks about his life in reggae...
I recently interviewed Chris Lane of Fashion Records fame. many thanks to Inyaki (from Basque Dub Foundation ) and Fred ‘Reggaelover’ P for making the connection! Former co-founder of the UK-based...
View Article“GREAT TRIBULATION”: The Life and Times of Hugh Mundell
PART ONE: “BOOK OF LIFE” “The day is coming up so soon, When there shall be the falling of all capitalists, When I and I people shall go home and vanquish Pope Paul down inna Rome, On the Day of…...
View ArticleUK’s Groundation “Juggernaut”/”Fa Ward” (Reggae Archives Records) 12″
Leicester in the English Midlands may not be known as a hotbed of Reggae but from 1977-1983 it was home to Groundation, an excellent band in the best tradition of UK roots reggae, who built their...
View ArticleBasque Dub Foundation
Here is a great interview and write-up by Ray Hurford about our good friend Inyaki and the Basque Dub Foundation… Up until around 2000, London was still regarded as the home of reggae in Europe. It...
View ArticleWho was the first Jamaican musician to introduce a drum machine into a song?
King Jammy, Winston “Steely” Johnson and Cleveland “Clevie” Brown, and Bobby “Digital” Dixon are generally credited with ushering in the digital revolution of reggae music, they were far from the first...
View ArticleThe Riddims That Hit ’em: The Best Reggae Riddims
Over the next several weeks we will focus on Jamaican reggae riddims. In reggae, riddim is king and queen, alpha and omega. So today I have included 10 of my favorite reggae riddims. It was torture...
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