IRIE Playlist on Spotify IRIE’s August 2023 edition of RELEASES is here, featuring artists Sid Bucknor, Sirius Flame, Arky Starch + Micky B, Razteria, Marc Stamco, Esther Sings, and ZOOLOOK. Be sure to check back often as we update the playlists with artist tracks that have become available after the release date of our magazine.
Bassment Sessions Show 233 It’s a fresh new month with new music from Blackout JA, Silly Walks & Micky B (Irie Track of the Week) plus the Featured Artist of the Week straight outta Birmingham, England, Overproof Soundsystem plus our regular Hip Hop Throwback with two classics from Digital Underground and Eric B & Rakim. […]
Bassment Sessions Show 232 For our final wrap of the Dub Trilogy 3-show extravaganza of dub, we showcase some classics from the Lovers Rock era with Dennis Bovell and Janet Kay, deep roots dub from Twinkle Brothers, Marley, Tubby and African Brothers alongside modern creators Butch Cassidy Sound System, Jah Shaka, Mad Professor & Pachyman. […]
Bassment Sessions Show 231 On this week’s show, we dive back into the roots of dub all the way up to modern times – once again it’s all about the dub spanning almost 50 years from across the globe – UK, USA, Jamaica, Canada and more. Kick back, crank it up – this week’s show […]
IRIE Intergalactic Rebels for Interstellar Exploration On December 26, 2013, multidisciplinary artist and musician Nicholas Da Silva, known professionally as ZOOLOOK, launched issue #1 of IRIE, a different reggae magazine. Featuring the 40th anniversary of the Reggae Ambassadors, Third World, on the cover, the publication was released in print, online, and pdf formats and was […]
Loretta Lynch All the Right Regrets Photography by: Myles Boisen Loretta Lynch is “Americana Noir.” It’s a little tear in your beer, a little knife in the back, a twist of rusty barbed wire wrapped around an earnest heart. Lush three-part harmonies, raucous surf-tinged guitar burnish Country-Folk-Blues originals, and y’all-ternative takes on 80’s punk and […]
Sista MIKA meets the Legends Freedom A reggae pioneer in Belgium, SISTA MIKA is one of Belgium’s few female representatives of dub reggae. She has developed a musical style all her own through roots, rock, and reggae. She owns nine albums with collaborations with Steel Pulse, Freddy Loco, Dubcreator, Omar Perry, Gussie P., Henry P. […]
Obeah, Petru Birladeanu, Catalin Lungu Dub Like You The interview in London Town with Simon Tyszko (bless you, David Ellis & Julian Firth, for the introduction) inspired Obeah to create this Dubstance – Greatest Misses compilation. He realized people needed to listen to some of his best songs from the last three years of constant […]
Don Hartley The Third Day (Remix) Manchester, UK artist Don Hartley was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, where he began as an artist in 1990 with his first release, a lovers rock tune called, That Lady, on his own Rising Son label. However, it was a decade later when he became known for his […]
IRIE Playlist on Spotify IRIE’s July 2023 edition of RELEASES is here, featuring artists Tuff Like Iron, Loretta Lynch, Don Hartley, Sista Mika + Mykal Rose + Sizzla Kajonli, Marc Stamco, Obeah + Petru Birladeanu + Catalin Lungu, Extra Kool + Time + Satyre & Time), and ZOOLOOK. Be sure to check back often as […]
Fiesta latina Razteria, DJ Zego, IndiviDúo, Amor do Samba, Cambamberas & Shannon Battle Photography by: Alex Zajicek (aqlex.com), Justin Bench (justinbench.com), and Jeremy Snowden (oneoffav.com) IRIE spent Bastille Day 2023 at the Brick and Mortar Music Hall for Fiesta Latina, featuring live bands, DJs, and dancers repping from across the Americas, including IndiviDúo, Razteria, DJ […]
Bassment Sessions Show 230 On this week’s show, it’s all about the dub spanning almost 50 years from 1974’s Pick A Dub by Keith Hudson to 2023 newcomer Brennen plus all the legends King Tubby, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Sly & Robbie, Linval Thompson, Mikey Dread, Mad Professor and more. It’s time to get your head […]