The Birdheye View: Listen to Birdheye’s Ganja Garden Groove Playlist on Apple Music
Our cannabis columnist selects a sublime set of songs to smoke to.
Listen to LargeUp’s “Duppy and Vampire” Playlist on Apple Music
A set of spooky reggae selections for Halloween.
LargeUp Premiere: King Jammy Presents “New Sounds of Freedom”
One of Jamaica's most innovative producers reaches into the past for a brilliant new LP featuring some of reggae's biggest names.
Toppa Top 10: Sly Dunbar Selects 10 Sly + Robbie Classics
Sly ranks the Riddim Twins' most essential sessions.
Toppa Top 10: Sly + Robbie’s Most Deadly Riddims
Words by Midnight Raver
Of reggae’s living legends, few have remained more relevant than Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. Tomorrow, the most influential and prolific rhythm section that reggae has ev... Read More...
Throwback Thursdays: Jools Holland in Jamaica in 1984
The British host meets Lee "Scratch" Perry, Black Uhuru, Sly and Robbie, Yellowman and Dennis Brown in this priceless document.
R.I.P: Percussionist Uziah “Sticky” Thompson, 78
Remembering the legacy of the deejay pioneer and percussionist for Lee "Scratch" Perry, Black Uhuru, Grace Jones and Stephen and Ziggy Marley.
Toppa Top 10: Junior Reid’s Best Cameos
The reggae ambassador has appeared on records by artists from Wu-Tang to the Soup Dragons. Here's some of our favorite JR cameos.
Visual Culture: The Photographs of Pogus Caesar
Words and Interview by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Pogus Caesar—
St. Kitts-born Pogus Caesar has captured the heartbeat of the Caribbean community in the U.K.—and particularly in his hometown of Birmingham, ... Read More...
AUDIO: Stream Mykal Rose’s “Dutty Road” + “Bloody Town”
Words by Jesse Serwer—
We've always got an open ear to lend new music from Mykal Rose. Anyone who tells you Rose isn't one of reggae's greatest vocalists is buggin', and his voice hasn't lost any of its ... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Ten More Fake Reggae Tunes + Faux-hall Parodies
Words by Jesse Serwer—
As our original Fake Reggae Toppa Top 10—featuring the likes of Ras Trent, Mr. Ugly Man and Eddie Murphy's "Kill the White People"—made abundantly clear, there's been no shortage... Read More...
Tweng Teng: Mykal Rose on Autotune, Black Uhuru and ‘The Cosby Show’
Words by Jesse Serwer, via Broward-Palm Beach New Times
Back in March, I interviewed Mykal Rose for the Broward Palm Beach New Times, while he was in Florida for Fort Lauderdale's Icons of Reggae conce... Read More...