National Day of Reggae CHRONICLE: May 14, 2012 Back on May 14, 2012, former President Dilma Rousseff, signed into law a bill establishing the National Day of Reggae, celebrated annually on May 11, the date of Jamaican musician Bob Marley’s passing. Senator Rodrigo Rollemberg – then a congressman – authored the bill, according to the […]
I Ain’t Mad at Ya Omar Broomfield aka Hulk Published by Tangent Books and Reggae Archive Records, ‘I Ain’t Mad at Ya’ by Owen Broomfield (aka Hulk) is a document of the social, cultural and political realities of growing up in the 60’s/70’s, as a black youth on the Aston/Handsworth border. Owen exposes the issues […]
Diamba Setas Indicam a Direção Meet Diamba… the Bahian reggae band that was founded in 1996 by three of its current members: Duda Sepúlveda (vocals) aka Duda Diamba, Renato Nunes (bass) and Tilson Santana (keyboards). The idea for the band was to create a sound with different characteristics, mixing elements of roots reggae with others […]
Pali Meet Pali, the Argentinian singer, songwriter and trombonist based in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Pali has performed in several reggae, ska and rock bands, as well as on several albums as a backing-vocalist and instrumentalist. She has also taken part in ‘The Obinrin Orchestra’ that accompanied the visit of the African Sayon Bamba on […]
Kirk Diamond After a brief music hiatus, fans of Kirk Diamond are enthusiastic to see the reggae recording artist back on the scene with new music. The Spanish Town, Jamaica native made his mark in the industry by being nominated for a 2015 JUNO Award (Canadian equivalent to the Grammy) for Reggae Recording of the […]
Paua Taking you to that place via Reggae fusion, soulful RNB urges, incognito jazz spills, 808 ends, Paua is one of the most innovative bands on the scene. Many of Paua’s releases have hit #1 on the iTunes reggae charts in Australia, New Zealand and abroad, such as ground breaking 2016 album ‘Sometimes’, conscious 2015 […]
Blindman As a bandleader, frontman, songwriter, keyboardist, hype man, and percussionist, Blindman (AKA Derek Gazal) has shared the stage with an eclectic group of internationally acclaimed artists including Kanye West, The Roots, Julian Marley, Talib Kweli, Wyclef, Slightly Stoopid, Barrington Levy, Common, Jimmy Cliff, The Original Wailers, CeeLo, Robert Randolph, Fishbone, Madball, Napalm Death, VOD, […]
Ameera Ameera’s singer/songwriter skills are on display with an unquestioned ability to grab listeners. First with a voice that’s mellifluous with a resonant quality which allows for transcendent studio sound and a live performance showing dimensions to marvel at. In all facets of artistry, Ameera has been internationally recognized as well as garnering state side […]
Rapha Pico Singer and multi-instrumentalist, Rapha Pico, was born with music in his genes. His father, Djeynah Delbety, was from the Caribbean island, Martinique, and his mother from Surinam. Djeynah Delbety was the lead singer of the famous Dutch Reggae sensation, ‘Revelation Time’. He was known to stir up the audience with his golden voice […]
K-Jah Sound K-Jah Sound is the stage name of Krystian ‘K-Jah’ Walczak, a music producer, DJ, musician and a sound engineer from Poland. In 2002, he started performing as K-Jah Positive Sound System. In 2008 he co-founded the Rastasize project and recorded the ‘Day by Day’ album at Tuff Gong Studio in Kingston. In 2010 […]
Alkaline Live Young Boss: Setting New Rules It was a huge turnout for Alkaline on March 25th at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. After all, it was his first performance in three years in Jamaica since he stepped onto the scene almost five years ago. Widely referred to as the ‘Young Boss’, the youngest […]