Dadawah – Peace And Love (Cherry Red Records, 2024) The essential Jamaican music album Peace And Love by Dadawah is available once more. This time,…
Dadawah’s Peace And Love Reissued and Expanded
Tag: Reggae
Tiken Jah Fakoly Releases Acoustic, a Recap of his 27-Year Career
Tiken Jah Fakoly – Acoustic (Chapter Two Records, 2024) Tiken Jah Fakoly’s latest album, Acoustic (Chapter Two Records, 2024), delivers effective messages through straightforward language.…
Train to Roots Appeal for Peace
“Paxi (LKJ)” by Italian reggae band Train to Roots effectively cops the riddim and melody from dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson’s “Bass Culture” and turns…
Timeless Reggae Songs by Dennis Brown, Al Campbell, Leroy Smart, and Mighty Rudo, available on CD for the First Time
Dennis Brown & Al Campbell – The Exit & Hold Your Corner (Cherry Red, 2024) Cherry Red is once again dazzling reggae enthusiasts with its…
Lee Scratch Perry and Bob Riddim’s Comforting “Infinity Dub”
The song “Infinity Dub” from the visionary album Destiny by musical shaman Lee Scratch Perry and Bob Riddim is an irie, captivating song that takes…
Niney ‘The Observer’ Brings the Fire Straight to Your Ears
Niney ‘The Observer’ Presents Dreadlocks Coming To Dinner – The Observer Singles 1973-1975 (Doctor Bird/Cherry Red, 2024) Dreadlocks Coming To Dinner – The Observer Singles…
Colorful Canadian-Estonian Reggae Vibes
Canadian/Estonian artist François Marius has another reggae winner with “Rasta Dance (Starry Night).” The Van Gogh-inspired color scheme of the video is likewise something to…
Ingenious Afrobeat Encounter with Reggae
America’s Well Grounded harnesses a minimal Afrobeat-meets-reggae groove to propel “Humble Me,” a tune of self-examination that’s dance worthy and lyrically wise.
Classic Reggae from Luxembourg
Ah, Luxembourg, an epicenter of reggae music. No? I guess nobody told that to Le Vibe, whose track “Nobody Knows” handily echoes the classic Jamaican…
Substantial Reggae by Togo’s Yao Olagbedji
African reggae has always been a robust genre, and it gets an even bigger boost on “Sunday Morning” by Yao Olagbedji, who hails from Togo.