Reggae

Barbados Reggae Festival Featuring Buju Banton, Busy Signal and Sizzla Kolanji

Bridgetown, Barbados, April 27 to 30

PUBLISHED May 3, 2019

While Toronto and other parts of Canada were experiencing the final bouts of winter to close out April, hundreds of people escaped their re...

Piezo

"The Mandrake" / "Tinned"

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2019

The Version label may be based in Germany, and Luca Mucci (aka Piezo) may be based in Italy, but love for the music that has sprung out of...

Koffee

Rapture

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2019

Mikayla "Koffee" Simpson has been at the buzzy stage for a minute now, and the Jamaican artist earns all that cred with the five-track Rapt...

Estelle Tells Her Parents' Tale on Reggae Album 'Lovers Rock'

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2018

Even ten years removed, it's virtually impossible to write about UK singer Estelle without mentioning 2008's "American Boy." She's both coo...

Estelle

Lovers Rock

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2018

On its face, the fact that Estelle — known best for 2008 hit single "American Boy" — was returning after a three-year album layoff with a r...

Black Uhuru

As the World Turns

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2018

After a 15-year layoff, legendary reggae band Black Uhuru returns with a 15-track effort that shows they've still got it. Originally founde...

Chronixx / Charlotte Day Wilson

Manifesto, Toronto ON, August 17

PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2018

Reggae music as a genre has endured decades, so one drizzly Toronto evening wasn't about to rain on this parade. Jamaican artist Chronixx s...

Hollie Cook

Phillips Backyard Weekender, Victoria BC, July 22

PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2018

Having moved up in the lineup due to the unexplained absence of Kelis, Hollie Cook found herself opening for the Revolution in her first-ev...