*Mala – Mirrors* Mirrors is the second album by endlessly influential South London producer Mala. It follows his 2012 Brownswood release where Gilles Peterson invited the producer to soak up Cuba’s music and culture to turn the results into Mala In Cuba. But Mirrors is less Mala In Cuba Mk II and...
The Frightnrs escort Daptone into the world of long-playing reggae with both the sweetest and the roughest record of the decade. Crafted under the meticulous eye of black-belt reggae mastermind/producer Victor Axelrod (AKA Ticklah), Nothing More to Say is a rocksteady masterpiece the likes of which...
J Boog splits his time between California, and Hawaii. He is one of the premier Hawaiian Reggae artists, and has seen independent success on a wide scale. Wash House Ting features Buju Banton, Gappy Ranks, Gramps Morgan, Fiji, and more and is a testament to his label, Wash House’s long standing...
Spawnbreezie is back. The Urban Island artist from Independence, Missouri is back at it again with a third album dropping this month. Entitled Dear Billy, this new album definitely shows Spawnbreezie’s emergence and growth as a music artist. Since taking on music professionally in 2006, he has...
On-U Sound Presents Lee Scratch Perry Nu Sound And Version’ – to give it it’s full title – contains reworked, remixed and re-interpretated versions of 11 Adrian Sherwood-produced Lee Perry classics. Reggae legend Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry first began working with On-U Sound in the late 1980. Initially...
Easy Star All-Stars return with their first new tribute album in over a decade! ZIGGY STARDUB, a reggae re-imagining of David Bowie's entire The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album, continuing the beloved series of reggae tribute albums begun with Dub Side Of The Moon...
Legendary Reggae visionary Lee Perry's last recorded studio album. Written with, recorded & produced by Killing Joke’s/The Orb’s Martin ‘Youth’ Glover. Without a doubt Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is an orphic channeller, a super hero, a Black Ark Magician. He bedazzles and discombobulates, cackling at his...
The early Reggae sound that came out of Jamaica between the years 1968 and 1971 became the soundtrack to the skinhead movement in the UK. Not only was the music embraced but also the dress style of the Jamaican Rude Boys. The skinhead style started around 1968 and by the following year 1969, had...
“Here I Am” is without a doubt one of the best albums of the Californian group with 12 perfectly produced tracks. Mixing committed and intelligent lyrics with roots sounds sprinkled with jazzy flights, Groundation once again delivers an exemplary musical demonstration! “Here I Am” is punctuated...
Tapper Zukie’s ‘Black Man’ album originally came out in 1978 as a Jamaican only release on Tapper’s’ Stars imprint. Long deleted it has become a classic in Mr Zukie’s vast cannon of musical biscuits and is well overdue this worldwide release for the first time. Tapper Zukie (b1956. David Sinclair,...
Exploring the diverse and expressive world of reggae over the last few years with their ‘Pound For Pound’ collaboration with The Nextmen, plus their cover of Bill Withers’ “Use Me” featuring Kiko Bun and their mission through time, space and bass in album #7, the Gents are now combining organic...
Indubious, the unique Oregon-based reggae trio who topped the Billboard Reggae Chart with their last full-length in 2019, returns with the launch of a pre-order for their new album, The Bridge, and a new single featuring the legendary Capleton. The Bridge – the band’s first record for tastemaker...
The Green's fifth studio album ‘Brand New Eyes’ delivers another 11 tracks of the beloved band's signature mix of hard core reggae, Hawaiian vibes, pop production, and soulful songwriting. The Green has won numerous Hoku awards in their native state of Hawaii since their debut in 2011, along with...
Like only the most gifted storytellers, Matisyahu spins the rare kind of stories that simultaneously enlighten and enthrall and expand the audience’s sense of possibility. On his eponymous new album, the Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter/rapper shares his most autobiographical work to date,...
*Morgan Heritage – Strictly Roots – Deluxe Edition* The 2 disc edition features unreleased tracks and remixes and features Shaggy, J Boog, Flogging Molly, Jo Mersa Marley
Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio is an exciting new project from one of the most recognized and beloved roots music fgures in the world. A blues and Southern Rock legend, as well as a 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Elvin was a founding member of the seminal Paul Butterfeld Blues Band, and...
Fabric is the long-awaited sixth studio album The Black Seeds. The sessions for Fabric took place at acclaimed engineer/producer and long-time Black Seeds collaborator Lee Prebble's Wellington studio The Surgery. The result is a twelve-track album of bold, groove-heavy tunes that demonstrate the...
For bands with a history it can be tempting to take the easy route. Play the hits and a few covers. Keep it simple. Give the crowd what they’re expecting. Live comfortably in the past. Not so for The Selecter, the riotous skank machine who exploded out of Coventry in the game-changing,...
*The Green returns with their first full-length release since 2013's award-winning Hawai'i '13.* That record debuted at #1 on the Billboard Reggae Chart and cracked the Top 100, as well, before going on to win an unprecedented three Na Hoku Hanohano awards in the band's native Hawaii. After years...
Black Man’s Pride is the striking new Studio One collection of deep righteous reggae, featuring Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, The Gladiators, Sugar Minott, The Heptones, Freddie McGregor, Cedric Brooks & more. While the righteousness of blackness is at the heart of the Rastafarian faith, this...
