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RESPECT | Generous Thieves – The Severity of Where We’re Going

RESPECT | Generous Thieves - Morning Light

Generous Thieves The Severity of Where We’re Going The Severity of Where We’re Going, the debut EP from newcomers Generous Thieves, is the culmination of an unlikely collaboration. The three-piece band wrote and recorded the five-song offering that blends reggae, hip-hop, and gospel during a time when live music was impossible. The Thieves took advantage […]

RESPECT | Lil Obeah – From Transylvania

RESPECT | Sound of Art to Come - Lil Obeah from Transylvania

Lil Obeah From Transylvania Collage by: Cristiana Bucureci *Andrei and Cristiana Bucureci with the Lil Obeah from Transylvania LP The independent label The Sound of Art to Come launches Lil Obeah’s debut album called Lil Obeah from Transylvania. The album is made in collaboration with international producers Transglobal Underground, Dub Colossus, and Marius Costache. Additionally, […]

RELEASES – Soom T – Yes My People

RELEASES - Soom T - Yes My People

Soom T Yes My People IRIE’s March 2022 edition of RELEASES is here featuring Soom T’s ‘Yes My People’ from her upcoming studio album, ‘Good’, on the cover! The incredible Scottish MC Soom T, with her inimitable style and incisive flow that earned her the title of “Raggamuffin Queen,” announces her highly anticipated new album […]

RIDDIM | Friendly Fire Music – Rastamantic Riddim

IRIE Trax of the Day | Myki Tuff & Friendly Fire Band - Rastamantic

Friendly Fire Music Rastamantic Riddim Friendly Fire Music’s latest release is more than a riddim album; it’s a set of three singles on the Rastamantic Riddim, a horn-driven roots riddim played live by Friendly Fire Band. To kick-off, currently, one of Jamaica’s best songwriters, Duane Stephenson, lends his plaintive voice to Tenament Yard, which resonates […]