Every summer Reggae Gold brings the top reggae and dancehall hits into one must-have compilation for the masses. This year’s installment, out June 28 on VP Records, is a diverse set of reggae chart toppers and the freshest sounds of the season. The album opens with this summer’s street anthem “Jah Army” by Stephen Marley featuring Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley and Buju Banton and follows... 

Grammy-award winning reggae star Shaggy is back with “Sugarcane,” the perfect song for the summer. After spending time re-establishing his stardom in the native Jamaica and core reggae market, Shaggy is ready to enjoy the mainstream success he earned over his illustrious career. “Sugarcane” will be featured on Shaggy’s new release, SUMMER IN KINGSTON, out July 19th. Shaggy... 

Reggaeville.com brings you the best in international reggae festival listings for 2011 in a handy flash guide. With interviews, updates and more. Click on the image to view it. Read More →

Mungo’s HiFi is a Scottish dub and reggae soundsystem started by two friends, Tom and Doug, who got heavy into Jamaican sound culture in the 1990s. By the early 2000s they were rocking monthly club nights in Glasgow featuring artists and MCs from all over the world and grew into a solid soundsystem force which is still running to this day. In 2005 along with a fellow dub head they set up Scotch... 

Brooklyn multi-style artist and Bill Laswell collaborator Dr Israel offers a free download of a top notch live recording captured at San Francisco’s Dub Mission SF. Featuring guest artists Katrina Blackstone (vocals) and Patch Dub (mix and effects), the album provides a solid mix of songs from Dr Israel’s comprehensive career. Download ‘Live at Dub Mission SF’ at: drisrael.bandcamp.com __ drisrael.net  Read More →

Montreal-based photographer Félix Rioux caught up with Cali P for a photoshoot in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe during the annual Akiyo festival. See more on Félix’s site.Photography by Félix Rioux. felixrioux.com  Read More →

Documentary Looks at Music, Culture and Youthful Ambition in JamaicaNEW YORK (January 18, 2011)—Now in its third season, the World channel series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange continues to offer up a wealth of modern stories from across the African Diaspora. On January 26, viewers journey to the Caribbean to witness the struggles of three young people hoping to make it big in the Jamaican... 

New Mixtape “2k & Something” from Panamanian DJ Chiqui Dubs. A Selection of Cali P’s Best tunes from albums such as “Lyrical Flava” and “Listen 2 Dis” and EXCLUSIVE DUBPLATE & UNRELEASED MATERIAL from 2010 & 2011. FREE DOWNLOAD: MIXTAPE Mp3 + CD COVER (SEPARATE TRACKS) rar. http://www.mediafire.com/?xvp96j1jwutrjdd MIXTAPE Mp3 + CD COVER (ONE... 

Rebelution proudly announces their headlining, 2011 “Winter Greens Tour,” with special guests Iration, Junior Reid, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and Orgone. LOS ANGELES, CA (December 4, 2010)— Santa Barbara based band Rebelution has officially announced their highly anticipated, headlining 2011 “Winter Greens Tour” which will span 44 shows over the course of January, February, March, and... 

In Jamaica during the years of 1975 and 1976, American photo-journalist Kim Gottlieb-Walker documented some of the biggest names in reggae at the time. Accompanying her husband, Island records publicity head Jeff Walker, Gottlieb-Walker applied her philosophy of “decisive moment” photography to the artists that were shaping a period in Jamaican music that was to be known as “The...