If you can name ten roots reggae instrumentals (or “riddims,” as they are called in reggae culture) made after 1979, it’s almost certain that the majority have origins in Sir Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One recording studio.
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A Reggae 101 look at the history of Jamaican sound systems.
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It only makes sense to discuss Rastafarianism and its relation to the reggae music we all know and love. We intend to do this in a Reggae 101 series that is long overdue.
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If you appreciate the positive chanting-style of roots reggae, you can attribute almost exclusively to the Rastafarian’s practice of Nyabinghi.
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With the recent spate of shootings across the nation, it’s about time we addressed a very sensitive, but necessary, subject: Gun control.
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Another Reggae 101 article by Shomari Ward with some of reggae’s most notable “firsts.”
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Every genre of music has its own “Motherland.” For reggae, that place is Kingston, Jamaica...
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Reggae 101 is in session with a look at the music and life of the “Golden Child” of Reggae, Dennis Brown.
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West Indians flooded Panama in waves and brought with them their culture, including their music.
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