Category: Reggae/Dub

Heads Up: We have something very exciting in the works with Trojan Records in correlation with their 40th anniversary. Details to come, but the long and short of it is that Drunkard […]

“One Good Thing About Music, When It Hits You Feel No Pain. So Hit Me With Music…” In an effort to highlight reggae and dub that’s a bit outside of […]

Years ago I owned a cassette that was a home-made Bad Brains reggae compilation. Now, after listening to the reggae cuts on the new, Adam Yauch produced, Bad Brains album Build A Nation , I wish […]

During the Mountain Goats recent Daytrotter session, John Darnielle did his part to bring reggae music back into the fold to an audience that may have written off the genre as bad “lifestyle” […]

Continuing with their artist curated reggae and dub compilation series (see: DJ Spooky & Jonny Greenwood, previously) Trojan Records invited Super Furry Animal’s bassist Guto Pryce to raid their vaults. Pryce, in his selection, shows […]

I have no idea if the following (urban) legend regarding Peter Tosh is true, and it really doesn’t matter, because even if pure myth it illustrates my point either way. The story […]

I can’t even begin to answer that question, as 1997’s Maverick A Strike is the only album I have owned; though a quick perusal online shows Quaye has released a number of albums over […]

I tend to listen to old dub and reggae, intensively, in spurts. This typically happens every two years, and the past few months have found me back in a place […]

Mixtapes and compilations, curated by artists I admire, have always appealed to me in a voyeuristic/curio type of way. For the music junkie, it’s a little bit akin to peering […]