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Catch a Fire, the album regarded as responsible for catapulting Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer to global stardom, has clawed its way back onto Billboard’s Reggae Albums chart 50 years after its release.
Thirty years ago, deejay Chaka Demus and singer Pliers joined forces for the recording of the album Tease Me, a move that would indelibly change their lives and make history when six of its songs entered the UK Singles chart.
It’s not often that Jamaicans get to experience the wonders of Chaka Demus & Pliers live, all the more reason for the platinum-selling duo to headline the third Coveside Concert at Plantation Cove in St Ann on April 29.
Ziggy Marley — the eldest son of Reggae icon Bob Marley and an eight-time Grammy Award winner — has accused a luxury villa on Jamaica’s North Coast of discrimination.
It’s been 20 years since the release of Wayne Wonder’s Grammy-nominated album No Holding Back, which is nearing the Gold certification milestone in the United States.
Jamaican singer Shenseea and her label Interscope Records have reached a settlement in one of the two copyright infringement lawsuits filed against her last year, DancehallMag has exclusively confirmed.
D’Angel is ringing in her birthday today, celebrating her many dimensions, from mother and artist to model and humanitarian.
Reggae Sumfest is pulling out all the stops for its 30th staging, evidenced by a head-turning lineup which includes Freddie McGregor and his Big Ship empire.
Not many tunes capture the zeitgeist of the year 1999, quite like Junior Kelly’s timeless masterpiece, Love So Nice.
The current musical landscape in Dancehall is awash with melancholic tunes that seem to mirror the island’s troubles.
British rapper Jethro ‘Alonestar’ Sheeran, first cousin of superstar Ed Sheeran, says his family has always been enthralled by Reggae music.
Renowned Japanese sound system Mighty Crown is on the last lap of its career after three decades.
Today marks three years since Bob Andy transitioned, but his impact as a singer and songwriter lives on through Reggae music.
Every week our writers at DancehallMag highlight new Jamaican songs and videos you should add to your Reggae, Dancehall, Trap, and R&B playlists.
We’ve heard him sing about being a woman’s Soul Provider, and now Romain Virgo is positioning himself as her “driver.”
Kemar ‘Flava’ McGregor is suing VP Records once again, this time for what he alleges is the company’s “blatant and purposeful” copyright infringement on seven songs, including tracks voiced by American singers Musiq Soulchild and Syleena Johnson and Jamaican artists Beres Hammond, Gyptian, Jah Cure, Duane Stephenson, and Elephant Man.
Every week DancehallMag writers highlight new Jamaican songs and videos you should add to your Reggae, Dancehall, Trap, and R&B playlists.
House, the record label founded in 1982 by Reggae legend Beres Hammond, has been a consistent source of timeless and satisfying Reggae music.
Robert Livingston, the former manager of Dancehall megastar Shaggy, was hailed by producer Shaun “Sting International” Pizzonia, as the “genius” who masterminded the mega-hit song, Boombastic, one of the most streamed Reggae/Dancehall songs of all time and this week’s Throwback Thursday song.
Last year, Billboard sounded the alarm about the decline of music’s best-performing genre – Hip-Hop. The publication reasoned that though it remained enormously popular, Hip-Hop’s dominance was noticeably waning – a fact backed up by the data.