Marielle Franco Still Present! Now and Forever On March 14, 2018, Marielle Franco was brutally assassinated along with Anderson Gomes, her driver, on her way back from an event for young black women. For those of you who don’t know who Marielle Franco is, she was a Brazilian city councilor from the Maré favela, one […]
Miss Pat My Reggae Music Journey Photography by: Monika Campbell It would be an understatement to say that reggae matriarch Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin has seen and accomplished a great deal in her life. Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1937, she helped build a reggae empire in her homeland (the Randy’s Record Mart store and […]
Zoe Mazah Music is Love Meet ZOE MAZAH… Zoe was born in Monrovia/Liberia to a Liberian woman and a German man. Due to life circumstances, Zoe was brought to Germany as a child and lived with her German aunt, husband, and son, who became her parents and brother. Zoe grew up in a small town […]
JuJu Rogers 40 Acres N Sum Mula Rapper JuJu Rogers, born to an American G.I. from New Orleans and a German mother with Austrian roots, grew up in between two worlds in the working-class city of Schweinfurt, Germany. Listening to his father’s collection of jazz and soul records and playing the trumpet from an early […]
Costa Rebel Retornar featuring Gabriel Raíces Costa Rebel is a well-known Costa Rican musician, composer, music producer, and sound engineer certified by Avid and Berklee College of Music. He has worked with many reggae & dancehall stars. Among the names, we can highlight Million Stylez, Bobby Hustle, Elijah Prophet, Singer Jah, Lengualerta, Kali Blaxx, Johnny […]
DJ Rasfimillia Paradise Island ft. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Artist DJ Rasfimillia is from Vienna, Austria. He started juggling in February 2011 and has been following this passion up to these days to bring reggae, dub, and hip-hop music around the people! Selecting this kind of music plays a significant part in his lifestyle. Since 2014, […]
David Cairol Building Bridges ft. Brinsley Forde & Var Singer, songwriter and performer, David Cairol returns to IRIE with a new reggae song to energize the new year titled ‘Building Bridges’. Released on February 26, 2021, the single includes ASWAD founder and Reggae Legend Brinsley Forde and VAR from INNA DE YARD on vocals. David […]
Tarantola You Are Not Alone Tarantola is a London-based Reggae-Dub band that comprises five energetic musicians from Italy, Brasil, and England – and who share their diverse musical influences to bring vibrant, energetic performances and music releases to international audiences. Mauro Lacandia, the prominent member of the band, hailing straight from Italy’s boot, seeks to […]
Savage Wave Run Away Run Away was written, recorded, and produced by Rémy Duprat, self-taught multi-instrumentalist musician, in his studio in Biarritz (FRANCE) and mastered by Alexis Bardinet, founder of the famous Globe audio mastering studio in Bordeaux (FRANCE). During a trip between the wild territories of Alaska and the Yukon, and the legendary Californian […]
J.Q Ghettor Morals Born and raised in the St. Mary area of Jamaica by her (self-employed) mother, Jhenell ‘JQueen’ Bailey, a.k.a. ‘J.Q.’ is a naturally gifted, conscious, talented singer and songwriter. At 16 years of age, she hopes of changing lives and influencing her generation through the message included in her music. “A dream written […]
Dubmatix meets IRIE Dub Pistols – Stand Together ft. Rhoda Dakar Dubmatix is back with a new Remix Contest. This is your chance to remix the legendary Dub Pistols… ‘Stand Together’ featuring the one and only Rhoda Dakar (Body Snatchers / 2-Tone). Dubmatix has teamed up with IRIE along with Dub Culture Dreadzine & Irie […]