50 years ago today, Bob Marley and the Wailers’ debut release, Simmer Down, topped the Jamaican music chart. Continue reading
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Bob Marley Celebrates Double Anniversary
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Tagged Anniversary, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Coxsone Dodd, Simmer Down, Skatalites
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British Dancehall DJ Gabriel Heatwave on the Politics of Jamaican Music
Over the past decade, London-based sound system The Heatwave have built a solid reputation among 18 to 30-year-old dancehall fans as Britain’s premier party hosts.
We’d planned to sit down and chat with DJ and founder Gabriel on several occasions, but when we eventually did, ironically, the interview took place not in the UK, but in the home of reggae and dancehall, Kingston, Jamaica. Continue reading
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Tagged Aidonia, Beenie Man, Bob Marley, Bobby Konders, Cham, Chris Goldfinger, David Rodigan, Dude, Elephant Man, funky house, Gabriel, Gabriel Heatwave, Gappy Ranks, General Levy, Ghetto Story, Glamma Kid, grime, Gyptian, Heads High, Heatwave, Hold Yuh, Jungle, Konshens, Magic FM, Martial Arts, Movado, Mr Vegas, No Games, Popcaan, Renegade, riddims, Saxon, Sean Paul, Serani, Showtime, Sizzla, sound system, Station FM, Stone Love, Stylo G, Sweetie Irie, The Bombing, The Heatwave, Top Cat, Vybz Kartel, Who Am I, Zim Zimma
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Real Life Review 2013: Bashment Vibes in Boscobel, St Mary, Jamaica
Dear readers: as some of you may know, I left London in October 2012 with the intention of travelling to Boscobel, a small fishing village in the historic parish of St Mary on the north coast of Jamaica, to stay with my family for four weeks, writes Orantes Moore. Continue reading
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Tagged Bashment Vibes, Beaches hotel, Bogle, Boscobel, Buju Banton, Busy Signal, Flesh Axe, Gleaner, Gleaner company, Goldeneye, Jamaica, James Bond, London, Mr Midas, Nadine White, Orantes Moore, Robert Brooks, Shabba Ranks, St Mary, The Heatwave, Voice newspaper
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Festival Review: Sting, 26 December 2013 @ Jamworld, Portmore, Jamaica
The annual dancehall festival Sting takes place every Boxing Day at the Jamworld Entertainment Centre in Portmore, Jamaica, and is billed as ‘The Greatest One Night Reggae Show on Earth,’ writes Nadine White. Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Chainz, 2013, Aidonia, Alkaline, Angola, Beenie Man, Black Ryno, Bob Marley, Boops, Boxing Day, DI, Don Dada, Downsounds Records, D’Angel, Etana, Free, Ghetto Red Hot, Heels On, I Got Your Man, I Wayne, Ishawna, Jah Bouks, Jamworld, Josef Bogdanovich, Kalado, Kiprich, Lady Saw, Macka Diamond, Man Is the Least, Nature, Nelson Mandela, Ninjaman, People Talk, Portmore, Romain Virgo, Roots, Sizzla, Specialist, Sting, Supercat, Tommy Lee, Trying Man, Two Wrongs, Tyson Beckford, Vybz Kartel, Walk Out, Warrior Love, World Peace, Wrong Address, Wyclef Jean
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Album Review: Fever – Tenor Saw, Legacy of a Fallen Dancehall Soldier
The untimely death of pioneering singjay Tenor Saw in August 1988 affected the Jamaican music scene in a way similar to how the fatal shootings of Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls shocked rock and hip hop fans almost a decade later, writes Nadine White and Orantes Moore. Continue reading
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Tagged Biggie Smalls, Clive Bright, Fever, Fever album, Jah Guide and Protect Me, King Jammy, Kurt Cobain, Lots of Sign, Peter Chemist, Peter Chemist Thompson, Peter Thompson, Pumpkin Belly, Riddim Twins, Roll Call, Run Come Call Me, Shirley Jones, Sleng Teng, Sly and Robbie, Sugar Minott, Tenor Saw, Tupac Shakur, Who's Gonna Help Me Praise
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Portland Paradise: Errol Flynn, the Blue Lagoon, Boston Jerk Centre and Frenchman’s Cove
In 2011, Beenie Man released Sex on the Beach (above), a risqué track with a first verse styled as telephone conversation which concludes with the rapper telling a lonely lady to meet him for fun and drinks at the exclusive Frenchman’s Cove resort in Jamaica, Orantes Moore. Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Cent, Anna Banana's restaurant, Beenie Man, Blue Lagoon, Boston Jerk Centre, Butch Stewart, Cocktail, Elizabeth Taylor, Ella Wilcox, Errol Flynn, Errol Flynn Marina, Frenchman’s Cove, Geejam, Knight and Day, Marley family, Marlon Brando, Naomi Campbell, Orantes Moore, Port Antonio, Portland, Puff Daddy, Queen of England, Sean Paul, Sex on the Beach, Shaggy, the Beatles, Tom Cruise, Trident Castle, Trident Hotel, Winston Churchill
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Best Bashment Video: Konshens – Big People Ting aka X-rated
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Tagged Big People Ting, Konshens, Little Giggy riddim, Steely and Clevie, Toasted riddim, X-rated
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Friday 22 November: London Rumble @ Club Kolis, 1 Archway Close, London N19 3TD
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Tagged Ghetto Genius, JNR International, London Rumble, Magi Tuts, Marlon Bashment, Music Master, sound clash
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Listen to Bashment Vibes on Choice FM
Natty B – Reggae Chart Show – 4th August by Choice Fm on Mixcloud
Natty B – Reggae Chart Show – 25th August by Choice Fm on Mixcloud
Last month, we did two radio interviews with DJ Natty B on Britain’s leading urban music radio, Choice FM. Continue reading
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Tagged Bass Odyssey, Choice FM, Mavado, Natty B, Official Reggae Chart Show, Sumfest, Sumfest 2013, Tommy Lee, Voice of the Jamaican Ghetto, Vybz Kartel
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Ready, Freddie, Go: McGregor Talks Business, Royalties and Rastaman Camp
Although the term ‘living legend’ has become something of a cliché, it’s a suitably accurate description for Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer Freddie McGregor. Continue reading
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Tagged All in the Same Boat, Beres Hammond, Big Ship, Big Ship Records, Bobby Bobylon, Chino McGregor, Dennis Brown, Di Captain, Di Genius, Errol Thompson, Freddie McGregor, Gappy Ranks, Geel, Gussie Clarke, Jah Cure, Jamaica Reggae Industry Association, JARIA, Joe Gibbs, Linval Thompson, Love at First Sight, Marcia Griffths, Maxi Priest, Mr McGregor aka Freddie McGregor, Niney the Observer, Rastaman Camp, Reggae Jam, Sings Jamaican Classics, Standing Strong, Stephen Mcgregor, Stingray, Studio One
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