Photography By: Colin Smith, Daniel Cook, Grace Turnbull FoOlish Canada FoOlish is an original reggae trio from Montreal warming the Great North with sweet reggae vibes. This power-trio combines a meaningful mix of reggae, rock, ska, and dub into infectious riddims that will have you dancing your worries away. Their playful improvisations and mashups ensure […]
Black Uhuru ‘Stronger’ Jamaica The long awaited new Black Uhuru album ‘As The World Turns’ is finally to be released to the reggae public. This is the group’s first new album in over 15 years! It features Duckie Simpson on lead for all 15 tracks. Half of the album was recorded in California & the […]
MAS1A & XXXSSS Tokyo Time Wastin’ Named the Queen of South East Asian hip-hop & Reggae by Vice / Noisey, MAS1A is an artist that inspires fans wherever she grabs a mic. Her hit, ‘Warrior Tongue’, was sampled by iconic American DJ/Producer Bass Nectar for the title track of Fast and Furious 8. This is […]
WORLDWIDE – September 21, 2018 – 4:20 pm
September 2018 Welcome to our September 2018 edition of IRIE Releases. This month we present the upcoming album release from TAJ WEEKES & Adowa, entitled ‘To All My Relations’ which is featured on the cover along with new releases from artists Agent Sasco, Likkle Jordee, JAEL, Razteria, XLNC, Samora, Renay, The Drop, I-Mitri & Rainbow […]
WORLDWIDE – September 7, 2018 – 4:20 pm
Woodstock August 15, 1969 The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock—was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Scheduled for August 15–17 on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of southern New York State, northwest of New York City, […]
Earth Warrior Time to Act featuring Winston McAnuff Earth Warrior calls for an end to human trafficking – TIME TO ACT Reggae artistes Earth Warrior is calling for an end to human trafficking on his latest single titled Time To Act featuring Winston McAnuff. “Human trafficking is a very terrible crime against humanity; I mean […]
Sheldon Senior The Voice of the People, the Conscious Rebel Photography By: David Bolger Sheldon Senior is a fresh and dynamic artist out of Mandeville Jamaica who is making his presence felt on the world music scene, assuring him a future in the global reggae industry. This extraordinary singer/songwriter has been creating deeply meaningful and […]
JahJah Jamaica Portmore award winning artiste JahJah, the critically acclaimed R&B singer have steadily been making waves musically, gaining radio airplay both locally and internationally with the blend of Reggae/R&B/Dancehall. Singer/Studio Engineer Jahmai “JahJah” Smith, born February 15, 1988 grew up in Kingston, Jamaica with parents who are themselves both accomplished musicians. His father, legendary guitarist Earl […]
XLNC Ghana XLNC was named Emmanuel Fiifi Botchway at birth in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana. He was given the nickname, Scooby Selah, until he became Fiifi Selah. He is an award winning Radio personality, a songwriter, an instrumentalist, a singer and a performing artist based in Accra, Ghana. He is also the […]
Andy Bassford United States Photography By: Stephen Paul If you love reggae, you’ve heard Andy Bassford play guitar. It’s that simple. From Horace Andy’s 1977 classic ‘In The Light’, to 2018’s Sting/Shaggy duet ‘44/876’, Andy has recorded or performed with reggae artists from the Abyssinians to Zap Pow. In April of this year, Andy released […]