Dawn Penn Archives

Toppa Top 8: Beyonce’s Most Dancehall Moments

Words by Emily Shapiro— The first round of Beyoncé's Mrs. Carter tour sadly came to an end with Queen Bey chopping off her locks, but we are commemorating things Large Up style by giving you Beyoncé’s ... Read More...

EVENT + Interview: Etienne Charles’ Creole Soul

Interview by Eric Sandler, Photos by Jati Lindsay — The title of trumpeter Etienne Charles' new album Creole Soul refers to the mixture of influences on the project and his own ethnically diverse backgr... Read More...

VIDEO: The BET Awards Spotlights Classic Dancehall

Words by Jesse Serwer— If you caught tonight's BET Awards, or have checked in with Twitter or social media in the last few hours, you probably heard about the dancehall tribute featuring Dawn Penn, Chaka... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: Skratch Bastid on Beenie Man’s “Memories”

Words by DJ Skratch Bastid— Something slightly different this week on Throwback Thursdays. Toronto turntablist DJ Skratch Bastid traces the roots of Beenie Man's "Memories" back to soul man Jerry Butler an... Read More...

Jackie Me Too: Japanese Organist Mi3 Hypes Up a Studio One Classic

Words by Jesse Serwer— Best known today as the riddim on Dawn Penn's "You Don't Love Me (No No No)," Jackie Mittoo's Studio One classic "Ghetto Organ" is one of reggae's all-time great instrumentals. We'... Read More...

Toppa Top 10: Reggae/Dancehall’s Greatest One-Hit Wonders

Words by Eddie STATS Houghton and Jesse Serwer As with any other nation or genre, the last-half century of Jamaican music, from ska and rocksteady to reggae and dancehall, is littered with hit records ... Read More...

Yes, Yes, Yes: An Exclusive Q+A with Dawn Penn

Words and Interview by Jesse Serwer, Photos by Alex Solmssen, Dawn Penn's dress by Gureje, Inc. Dawn Penn's rocksteady single "You Don't Love Me"—or, as it's somewhat better known at this point, "No, No,... Read More...

Throwback Thursdays: DJ Queen Majesty on Dawn Penn “No, No, No (You Don’t Love Me)”

Words by DJ Queen Majesty When we got the opportunity to sit down with reggae and dancehall legend Dawn Penn (see following post!) we knew that this week's throwback would be her against the odds ninetie... Read More...

Cockney & Yardie: Heatwave’s UK Update, March 2011

Words by Gabriel Heatwave First up this month is the tragic news that Smiley Culture, UK dancehall icon and a key inspiration for this column, has died, aged 48. In fact, we're dedicating the whole of th... Read More...

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