Category: Culture

May 29-June 4 | 2026 BOASTY – MASICKA DEF JAM RECORDINGS lw 2 | woc 8 | 1 wk @ #1 TALK TO ME NUH – SHENSEEA & VYBZ KARTEL SINCE93/COLUMBIA RECORDS lw…

May 29-June 4 | 2026 GODDESS – PROTOJE FEAT. SHENSEEA IN.DIGG.NATION COLLECTIVE lw 1 | woc 10 | 3 wks @ #1 DANCEHALL NICE – SHAGGY, BERES HAMMOND & DEXTA DAPS VP RECORDS/RANCH…

Reggae Vibes Spotify Playlist #171 STAY UPDATED WITH OUR PICKS OF THE WEEK In general, Reggae Vibes’ weekly Spotify Playlist is compiled of tunes that were released in the previous week, a blast…

Chaka Demus Returns with Star-Studded Single As a member of the most successful duo in dancehall history, Chaka Demus knows something about making hit songs. Recently, he came up with an idea for…

Steve Barrow Tribute – A Tale of Three Tower Blocks Geoff Sullivan introduced me to Steve Barrow in 1979. Of course, I knew of him due to Daddy Kool’s record shop a few…

New 7-inches from Thompson Sound After working with producers like Phil Pratt, Lee Perry, and Bunny Lee during the mid-’70s, Thompson moved into production with serious intent, giving reggae lovers landmark albums like…

Double 12″ Spin #78 – African Brothers / Donney Thompson & Mikey Ranks – We are taking another trip into the diverse UK reggae landscape by looking at a pair of twelve-inch singles…

New Release: Skippa – SkippaHolic NEW RELEASE Jamaican dancehall talent Tahjay Clarke, better known as Skippa, steps forward with SkippaHolic, a 7-track EP that pulls together some of his strongest recent material. If…

Dona V revives classic Jammy riddims Going to dances in Jamaica during the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was a given to hear the hottest juggling ‘riddims’. Many of them came from…

Throwback 45s: Hugh Godfrey – My Time   ARTIST: Hugh Godfrey TITLE: Time LABEL: Coxsone Records YEAR: 1967 Time Every now and then, you come across a Studio One tune that makes you stop…