Raggabund Meet brothers Paco Mendoza and Don Caramel. Together, the duo are known as Raggabund, the German band that mixes reggae, dub, ska, cumbia, salsa, hip hop, raggamuffin and electronic beats. Formed in Munich more than 15 years ago, they have been producing reggae, latin and dancehall music for their fans worldwide. Whether together with […]
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Back in the late 1980s, a group of musicians rose from the Tokyo street/club scene, and called themselves, ‘Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.’ It was not long after that their overwhelming live performances attracted significant attention from Tokyo audiences, and their first independent release, the vinyl only “TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA” with […]
Yaz Alexander “I can’t imagine a life without reggae! I’m always interested and inspired by creative musical experimentations, but…when we sprinkle a lil’ reggae in the mix, it’s simply irie!” YAZ ALEXANDER Born in Birmingham UK, Yaz Alexander is one of the UK’s foremost Reggae singers whose musical history spans over twenty years. Having gained […]
Fat Freddy’s Drop From the underground to the higher ground, perennial soul shakers Fat Freddy’s Drop is triumphantly carving themselves worldwide domination with a brew of diverse musical ingredients and blistering live shows. Drawing inspiration from almost every part of the black music lexicon, Fat Freddy’s Drop deliver soul drenched vocals and jazz harmonies colliding […]
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Make It Right By Nicholas Da Silva, IRIE August 29, 2015 marked ten years to the day Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast, killing 1,833 people and destroying 5,363 homes in the Lower 9th Ward alone. Back in August 2007, two years after Katrina, Hollywood actor and architecture enthusiast […]
Arden Park Roots Cali Reggae Back on April ‘420’ 2015, IRIE Magazine introduced our fans to our Norcal brothers, Arden Park Roots. Sacramento’s much loved surf/roots/rock/reggae band, APR has established themselves as a commanding presence in the California music scene. Their sounds include surf, roots reggae and rock. They have toured relentlessly over the past […]
Katchafire Hailing from the mighty H-Town (Hamilton), Aoteoroa (New Zealand) the all-Maori Reggae band Katchafire have evolved into a global Roots Reggae phenomenon. Bringing their soulful blend of Roots Reggae infused with an undeniably Maori sound to music lovers worldwide, they have steadily become one of New Zealand’s most loved Reggae bands over the last […]
Xana Romeo Xana Romeo, a.k.a. the ‘Dub Empress’, is back with her newest release, ‘Rate Rasta’. Xana’s Romeo’s first appearance in IRIE was on the cover of the February 2015 issue. Xana Romeo was born Azana Makeda Smith on August 26, 1994, in a small community called Greenwich Town, in Kingston Jamaica. She is the […]
Rominal Rominal was born Ronaldo Zidane Azizzi Smith on the 20th of May, 1999, in Greenwich Town in Kingston Jamaica. Rominal is the last child of reggae veteran Max Romeo. Rominal began his musical journey back in 2005 at the age of 6, when he recorded his first song ‘Singing the blues’ with his brother […]
E-Dee Everton Charles Dennis, better known by his stage name E-Dee, is a popular reggae singer-songwriter who effortlessly mixes Dancehall, Hip-Hop and Electronic genres and who, since his first official release in 2005, has reached the Jamaican Top Ten charts numerous times. Dennis was born in Toll Gate in the Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, the […]
K’reema K’reema is one of the fresh new melodic voices on the international music scene. She is a very powerful vocalist and a creative songwriter, who has the ability to please her fans by delivering mesmerizing stage performances with effortless vocals. K’reema has fused a number of genres, from Dancehall and Reggae to R&B and […]