Dub Spencer and Trance Hill have been in the music business for 20 years and are still very much as hungry as a caterpillar in a leafy forest. In everything the band has done, the dub component has loomed large, regardless of whether it was mixed up humorously and intelligently with Christmas songs, spoken words, […]
Widestream Films and Iambic Dream Films, in association with BBC Music, present ‘STUDIO 17: THE LOST REGGAE TAPES’. The feature-length documentary premiered on BBC 4 and was selected for a number of film festivals prior to the Coronavirus pandemic. It had its U.S. debut starting on February 1, 2021 for Reggae Month on Qwest TV, […]
Outside Lands returns to San Francisco from August 5-7, 2022, brought to you by Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly, and Starr Hill Presents. Headliners include hometown pop-punk dynamo Green Day as well as rapper, singer, and songwriter Post Malone and recent GRAMMY winner SZA. The lineup is as dynamic and fruitful as ever with a perfect […]
The music suggests sunshine and sound systems, hot sand, and cool drinks; the bass shuffles calmly and provocatively rebellious. Dub is the art of the disk jockey they first raised to stardom in Jamaica. There were music mobiles, the “sound systems,” the replacement for missing radio stations in the fifties. The DJs, concerned about exclusivity, […]
In this new remix, Eric Hilton extracts new life from Akae Beka’s “Black Carbon” (featuring Chronixx), originally recorded for the St. Croix roots reggae band’s 2021 “Polarities” LP. Hilton transmutes the simple, powerful ingredients of the original song into a brooding musical eclipse that will remind listeners of darker mid-90s Bristol trip-hop records. “This remix […]
Photography by: Carla Henriques More than two decades into a storied career, GROUNDATION returns this year with their 10th studio album, One Rock, scheduled for release on May 13, 2022. The band, formed in 1998 by vocalist/guitarist Harrison Staford, has helped define American roots reggae while building a large and loyal following in Europe, South […]
IRIE Guide Roots, Culture & Love™ The IRIE Guide is happening… On March 20, 2022, we will officially launch the IRIE Guide featuring Kaptin Barrett, Head of Music for one of the UK’s largest independent music festivals, Boomtown Fair, on the cover! IRIE Guide will be a lifestyle publication dedicated to Roots, Culture & Love. […]
MINI Recharged Recharged and electrifying: the classic Mini launches into the future Originating from a dedicated team at MINI Plant Oxford, sustainable driving is now being created in a classic car. An electric motor for the original Mini combines tradition with pioneering technology – all in the spirit of circular economy. If Alec Issigonis could […]
Bill King Summerheat (Symphonic Reggae) It was mid-1978 in Atlanta, Georgia. I was between sessions with southern soul singer Len Wade with my long-time Jamaican drummer and guitarist Everton ‘Pablo’ Paul and Wayne McGhie in town and hanging at our bungalow in Marietta, Georgia. Wade was pacing about, stretching out studio time. With time booked […]
$IRIE ZOOLOOK’s Cryptocurrency It’s ‘I’fficial! IRIE is the cryptocurrency, $IRIE! As the founder of IRIE and Stonefrenge, multi-artist ZOOLOOK has entered the crypto world to offer my fans exclusive benefits and rewards for being a part of the Stonefrenge and IRIE reggae community. Token Talkers sit down with ZOOLOOK for a Rally Token Interview. $IRIE […]
Chez Rhonel Le Coton ‘Color is my passion’ is what Rhonel Roberts, aka Chez Rhonel, says about his work. “It takes an ability to know how to use it in a space, on canvas, or even to wear the right colors. Also, it takes time to learn and develop the proper use of color.” A […]
ZOOLOOK Video on Demand ZOOLOOK is coming to Vimeo On Demand. On October 17, 2021, ZOOLOOK on Demand launched on VIMEO. A long-time user of VIMEO’s video platform, ZOOLOOK will be premiering his STONEFRENGE music video series exclusively on VIMEO on Demand. ZOOLOOK plans to release nine music videos on the popular video platform for […]