http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/getFeed.kickAction?quantity=25 New blogs from Dubman on Dub and Reggae dot com Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:40:42 GMT Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:40:42 GMT dubman@dubandreggae.com (Dubman) dubman@dubandreggae.com (Dubman) KickApps Feed Builder 2009-10-27T18:40:42Z 160 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=5057&sortType=recent 0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Collie-Buddz-Come-Around-high-quality-cut/BLOG/1443429/5057.html A just the sweet sweet sensi,Yuh know,Yeh I, Yeh I,Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Now,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade when me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,Sweet sensi a come around,Me a take a little draw and pass it go round, so,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade that man a look for,Me stock it by the pound,yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe them ago search for,Ever since the herbs slow down,Police and rude boy dem inna showdown,Them a search round the compound,Yuh kno man a no weed clown,Find a little piece of land and a plant me home grown, so,Tell the youth them nah fi take pill,To much crack and cocaine a make the world a feel ill,yuh kno,Nuff ganja nuff spliff a build,Only thing whe a make man feel chill,Whe (what) me say,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade when me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,When Collie Bud come around,A pure ganja man tune,Just a lick from the sound,yeah,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade what man a look forMe stock it by the pound yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe dem ago search for?There's nothing like the sweet sweet sensi,The first time me take a draw was in elementary,Reach high school an get the herb it plenty,Like Scare Dem dub for Soul Jah One or Lenky yeah,Me stash box never empty,The fifty dollar bag we call that half century,Me start me own herb documentary,Bermy man a call that film 4:20,yeahWhe me say,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade whe me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,Sweet sensi a come around,Me a take a little draw and pass it go round, so,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade that man a look for,Me stock it by the pound, yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe dem ago search for?Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Now,Yeh I, Yeh I,Nah, Nah, Now,yo,When dem ago realize,Good works man a advertize,When dem a go legalize,The farmer man a beg a little bligh,When den ago realize,Government them a terrorize,Corporation dem a capitalize,While the farmer man nuh beg a little bligh,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade when me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,When Collie Budd come around,A pure ganja man tune,Just a lick from the sound,yeah,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade what man a look forMe stock it by the pound yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe dem ago search for, A just the sweet sweet sensi,Yuh know,Yeh I, Yeh I,Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Now,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade when me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,Sweet sensi a come around,Me a take a little draw and pass it go round, so,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade that man a look for,Me stock it by the pound,yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe them ago search for,Ever since the herbs slow down,Police and rude boy dem inna showdown,Them a search round the compound,Yuh kno man a no weed clown,Find a little piece of land and a plant me home grown, so,Tell the youth them nah fi take pill,To much crack and cocaine a make the world a feel ill,yuh kno,Nuff ganja nuff spliff a build,Only thing whe a make man feel chill,Whe (what) me say,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade when me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,When Collie Bud come around,A pure ganja man tune,Just a lick from the sound,yeah,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade what man a look forMe stock it by the pound yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe dem ago search for?There's nothing like the sweet sweet sensi,The first time me take a draw was in elementary,Reach high school an get the herb it plenty,Like Scare Dem dub for Soul Jah One or Lenky yeah,Me stash box never empty,The fifty dollar bag we call that half century,Me start me own herb documentary,Bermy man a call that film 4:20,yeahWhe me say,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade whe me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,Sweet sensi a come around,Me a take a little draw and pass it go round, so,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade that man a look for,Me stock it by the pound, yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe dem ago search for?Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Now,Yeh I, Yeh I,Nah, Nah, Now,yo,When dem ago realize,Good works man a advertize,When dem a go legalize,The farmer man a beg a little bligh,When den ago realize,Government them a terrorize,Corporation dem a capitalize,While the farmer man nuh beg a little bligh,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade when me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,When Collie Budd come around,A pure ganja man tune,Just a lick from the sound,yeah,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade what man a look forMe stock it by the pound yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe dem ago search for, Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:40:42 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Collie-Buddz-Come-Around-high-quality-cut/BLOG/1443429/5057.html Dubman 2009-10-27T18:40:42Z Up in smoke... Dub and Reggae dot com A just the sweet sweet sensi,Yuh know,Yeh I, Yeh I,Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Now,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade when me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,Sweet sensi a come around,Me a take a little draw and pass it go round, so,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade that man a look for,Me stock it by the pound,yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe them ago search for,Ever since the herbs slow down,Police and rude boy dem inna showdown,Them a search round the compound,Yuh kno man a no weed clown,Find a little piece of land and a plant me home grown, so,Tell the youth them nah fi take pill,To much crack and cocaine a make the world a feel ill,yuh kno,Nuff ganja nuff spliff a build,Only thing whe a make man feel chill,Whe (what) me say,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade when me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,When Collie Bud come around,A pure ganja man tune,Just a lick from the sound,yeah,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade what man a look forMe stock it by the pound yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe dem ago search for?There's nothing like the sweet sweet sensi,The first time me take a draw was in elementary,Reach high school an get the herb it plenty,Like Scare Dem dub for Soul Jah One or Lenky yeah,Me stash box never empty,The fifty dollar bag we call that half century,Me start me own herb documentary,Bermy man a call that film 4:20,yeahWhe me say,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade whe me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,Sweet sensi a come around,Me a take a little draw and pass it go round, so,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade that man a look for,Me stock it by the pound, yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe dem ago search for?Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Now,Yeh I, Yeh I,Nah, Nah, Now,yo,When dem ago realize,Good works man a advertize,When dem a go legalize,The farmer man a beg a little bligh,When den ago realize,Government them a terrorize,Corporation dem a capitalize,While the farmer man nuh beg a little bligh,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade when me a look for,Me get it by the pound,yeah,When Collie Budd come around,A pure ganja man tune,Just a lick from the sound,yeah,Finally the herbs come around,The high grade what man a look forMe stock it by the pound yeah,When babylon a come around,Ask them whe dem ago search for, 2007, around, buddz, collie, collie buddz, come, ganja, herb, hq, jah, marihuana, music, rasta, rastafari, reggae, up in smoke..., weed nonadult false Collie Buddz "Come Around" - high quality cut text blog 2007,around,buddz,collie,collie buddz,come,ganja,herb,hq,jah,marihuana,music,rasta,rastafari,reggae,up in smoke...,weed 552 0 0.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false Jamaica 1 Up in smoke... 0 1443429 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Raggamuffin-2008-volumes-1-and-2-free-downloads/BLOG/214202/5057.html For everyone who loved the 2008 Raggamuffin Festival and those who couldn't be there, EMI has released a 2-disc set containing music from the dub & reggae artists who performed live. The lineup includes a lineup of global and New Zealand reggae acts including UB40, Katchafire, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, Shaggy, The Black Seeds, House Of Shem, The Midnights, The Wailers, and Maxi Priest. Volume 1's playlist includes: UB40 - Here I Am (Come And Take Me) Katchafire - Love Letter The Black Seeds - Turn It Around House Of Shem - Keep Rising The Midnights - True Progress (Feat. Tuffy Culture) The Wailers - Lively Up Yourself Maxi Priest - Close To You Arrested Development - Mr Wendal Arrested Development - People Everyday Maxi Priest - Wild World Aston 'Familyman' Barrett Of The Wailers - Cobra Style (Disco Mix) The Midnights - Outside Looking In House Of Shem - I Love You Girl The Black Seeds - Cool Me Down Katchafire - Say What You're Thinking UB40 - Kiss & Say Goodbye The second disc includes: Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Brothers And Sisters Eddy Grant - Do You Feel My Love Ali Campbell from UB40 - That Look In Your Eyes Shaggy - Oh Carolina Arrested Development - Cold Nights Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long) Kora - Politician Unity Pacific - Red Squad Three Houses Down - Ghettoworld (Move Your Feet) Three Houses Down - Dandyman Unity Pacific - A Poor Man (Saveth A City) Kora - Culture Inner Circle - Games People Play Arrested Development - Hit The Road Jack (Feat. Rasa Don) Shaggy - In The Summertime Ali Campbell from UB40 - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Tomorrow People Each reggae album runs roughly 70 minutes. Mr. Danjol has published links to download the tracks, ripped on March 3rd. You can download the ripped file from http://rapidshare.com/files/208677440/ragga-vol-1.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/208677472/ragga-vol-1.part2.rar and http://rapidshare.com/files/208677582/ragga-vol-2.rar or purchase the Raggamuffin 2008 album at http://www.marbecks.co.nz/detail/index.lsd?catalogID=457073. For everyone who loved the 2008 Raggamuffin Festival and those who couldn't be there, EMI has released a 2-disc set containing music from the dub & reggae artists who performed live. The lineup includes a lineup of global and New Zealand reggae acts including UB40, Katchafire, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, Shaggy, The Black Seeds, House Of Shem, The Midnights, The Wailers, and Maxi Priest. Volume 1's playlist includes: UB40 - Here I Am (Come And Take Me) Katchafire - Love Letter The Black Seeds - Turn It Around House Of Shem - Keep Rising The Midnights - True Progress (Feat. Tuffy Culture) The Wailers - Lively Up Yourself Maxi Priest - Close To You Arrested Development - Mr Wendal Arrested Development - People Everyday Maxi Priest - Wild World Aston 'Familyman' Barrett Of The Wailers - Cobra Style (Disco Mix) The Midnights - Outside Looking In House Of Shem - I Love You Girl The Black Seeds - Cool Me Down Katchafire - Say What You're Thinking UB40 - Kiss & Say Goodbye The second disc includes: Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Brothers And Sisters Eddy Grant - Do You Feel My Love Ali Campbell from UB40 - That Look In Your Eyes Shaggy - Oh Carolina Arrested Development - Cold Nights Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long) Kora - Politician Unity Pacific - Red Squad Three Houses Down - Ghettoworld (Move Your Feet) Three Houses Down - Dandyman Unity Pacific - A Poor Man (Saveth A City) Kora - Culture Inner Circle - Games People Play Arrested Development - Hit The Road Jack (Feat. Rasa Don) Shaggy - In The Summertime Ali Campbell from UB40 - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Tomorrow People Each reggae album runs roughly 70 minutes. Mr. Danjol has published links to download the tracks, ripped on March 3rd. You can download the ripped file from http://rapidshare.com/files/208677440/ragga-vol-1.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/208677472/ragga-vol-1.part2.rar and http://rapidshare.com/files/208677582/ragga-vol-2.rar or purchase the Raggamuffin 2008 album at http://www.marbecks.co.nz/detail/index.lsd?catalogID=457073. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:40:41 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Raggamuffin-2008-volumes-1-and-2-free-downloads/BLOG/214202/5057.html Dubman 2009-03-18T12:40:41Z Albums Dub and Reggae dot com For everyone who loved the 2008 Raggamuffin Festival and those who couldn't be there, EMI has released a 2-disc set containing music from the dub & reggae artists who performed live. The lineup includes a lineup of global and New Zealand reggae acts including UB40, Katchafire, Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, Shaggy, The Black Seeds, House Of Shem, The Midnights, The Wailers, and Maxi Priest. Volume 1's playlist includes: UB40 - Here I Am (Come And Take Me) Katchafire - Love Letter The Black Seeds - Turn It Around House Of Shem - Keep Rising The Midnights - True Progress (Feat. Tuffy Culture) The Wailers - Lively Up Yourself Maxi Priest - Close To You Arrested Development - Mr Wendal Arrested Development - People Everyday Maxi Priest - Wild World Aston 'Familyman' Barrett Of The Wailers - Cobra Style (Disco Mix) The Midnights - Outside Looking In House Of Shem - I Love You Girl The Black Seeds - Cool Me Down Katchafire - Say What You're Thinking UB40 - Kiss & Say Goodbye The second disc includes: Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Brothers And Sisters Eddy Grant - Do You Feel My Love Ali Campbell from UB40 - That Look In Your Eyes Shaggy - Oh Carolina Arrested Development - Cold Nights Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long) Kora - Politician Unity Pacific - Red Squad Three Houses Down - Ghettoworld (Move Your Feet) Three Houses Down - Dandyman Unity Pacific - A Poor Man (Saveth A City) Kora - Culture Inner Circle - Games People Play Arrested Development - Hit The Road Jack (Feat. Rasa Don) Shaggy - In The Summertime Ali Campbell from UB40 - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo'anna Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - Tomorrow People Each reggae album runs roughly 70 minutes. Mr. Danjol has published links to download the tracks, ripped on March 3rd. You can download the ripped file from http://rapidshare.com/files/208677440/ragga-vol-1.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/208677472/ragga-vol-1.part2.rar and http://rapidshare.com/files/208677582/ragga-vol-2.rar or purchase the Raggamuffin 2008 album at http://www.marbecks.co.nz/detail/index.lsd?catalogID=457073. albums, ali, arrested, aston, barrett, black, campbell, circle, development, eddy, free, grant, house, inner, katchafire, kora, makers, marley, maxi, melody, midnights, priest, raggamuffin, seeds, shaggy, shem, ub40, wailers, ziggy nonadult false Raggamuffin 2008 volumes 1 and 2 - free downloads text blog albums,ali,arrested,aston,barrett,black,campbell,circle,development,eddy,free,grant,house,inner,katchafire,kora,makers,marley,maxi,melody,midnights,priest,raggamuffin,seeds,shaggy,shem,ub40,wailers,ziggy 1842 1 5.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false New Zealand 2 Albums 0 214202 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_UB40-Love-Songs-Tour-and-Labour-of-Love-IV/BLOG/212457/5057.html [image] Like Bob Marley before them and Matisyahu today, UB40 has the rare distinction of a reggae band that attracts fans beyond those who already love dub, reggae, or dancehall music. With 54 UK hit singles and over 70 million albums sold, they are truly kings of modern reggae. UB40 is heading to the United States with its 2009 Labour of Love Tour, before returning to Europe and the UK later in the year. UB40's US tour begins on April 10 in Snoqualmie, Washington, and runs until May 8 in Glenside, Pennsylvania, including live reggae shows in 18 cities. Most of the tour venues are on the US West Coast, including shows on April 13 in Portland, Oregon, and on April 21 in Solana Beach, California. The tour will also take UB40 up to Canada for a show on April 11 in Coquitlam, British Columbia. UB40 is also booked to headline South Florida's SunFest, to be held April 29 to May 3 in downtown West Palm Beach. Other bands in the lineup include Slightly Stoopid, 311, The Steve Miller Band, and others. The penultimate US tour date will be a May 7 show in Times Square, New York City. They are also performing at the Epsom Downs Racecourse on Thursday 30th July, as the grand finale of the 2009 Epsom Live! series of events, which feature a live outdoor concert after the last race. Nick Blofeld, the Epsom Downs Racecourse's Managing Director, praised their 2006 show at the same venue: "The atmosphere was fantastic with young and old enjoying UB40 perform their classic hits as the sun set across The Downs after watching some thrilling racing around the unique Derby course.” UB40 is particularly popular in the UK, with their most recent release, Love Songs, reaching #3 on the UK Album Charts. Love Songs is a 2009 issue of digitally remastered hits from the band's past reggae albums. The 20 tracks on Love Songs are UB40's favorite lovers sounds, including the hit singles I Got You Babe and (I Can't Help) Falling In love With You. The album includes other UB40 favorites such as Please Don't Make Me Cry, Homely Girl, Breakfast In Bed, and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight. The full track list includes: (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You I Got You Babe Kiss And Say Goodbye You're Always Pulling Me Down Don't Break My Heart Please Don't Make Me Cry I Love It When You Smile Homely Girl Where Did I Go Wrong Come Back Darling Impossible Love Dream A Lie Tears From My Eyes Breakfast In Bed I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Bring Me Your Cup I'll Be There Gotta Tell Someone Here I Am (Come And Take Me) I Would Do For You UB40 formed in Britain's West Midlands in 1978, eventually gaining global popularity as one of the world's foremost reggae bands, delighting existing reggae fans and drawing new listeners to the genre with reggae hits such as (I Can’t Help) Falling in Love With You and Kingston Town. The original reggae band's line up included Ali Campbell, his brother Robin Campbell, James (Jimmy) Brown, Norman Hassan, Earl Falconer, Brian Travers, Mickey Virtue, and Astro. UB40 truly took off in the beginning of 1980, when the reggae band was invited to tour with The Pretenders. Drawing on their roots in Jamaican music, UB40 joined the Two Tone sound that had grown from Caribbean ska, rock steady and reggae and was then becoming popular in nearby Coventry. UB40 has released dozens of studio and live albums, their most famous song, 1988's Red Red Wine, the original Labour of Love album, became a global hit, topping the Hot 100 chart. UB40's 8-member band lineup has remained active for over 30 years, drawing on their Irish, Scottish, English, Yemeni and Jamaican heritage for a truly global sound. Founder and former lead singer Ali Campbell left UB40 last year, and Mickey Virtue left UB40 shortly thereafter. Fortunately, they managed to finish the Twentyfourseven album just in time to keep the original line up. Ali and Mickey Virtue were replaced with Duncan Campbell and Tony Mullings. Other members of the UB40 lineup include drummer James Brown, guitarist/vocalist Robin Campbell, bassist/vocalist Earl Falconer, percussionist/vocalist Norman Hassan, saxophonist Brian Travers, and vocalist/trumpeter Astro. Despite an earlier press release from the band, indicating that Ali Campbell was leaving to pursue a solo career, the lead singer released a statement indicating that he had "been deeply unhappy with administrative practices and with many decisions that have been made in recent years." He did soften his tone with closing well-wishes, concluding: "I know UB40 will carry on successfully without me and I wish them all the best." UB40's new lineup is currently working on the next studio album Labour of Love IV, scheduled to be released in October 2009. The band's official website reports that it's all "business as usual," and that "despite rumors to the contrary," the band is moving forward making new music; the Labour of Love IV album release will be followed by a UK/European arena tour in November and December 2009. [image] Like Bob Marley before them and Matisyahu today, UB40 has the rare distinction of a reggae band that attracts fans beyond those who already love dub, reggae, or dancehall music. With 54 UK hit singles and over 70 million albums sold, they are truly kings of modern reggae. UB40 is heading to the United States with its 2009 Labour of Love Tour, before returning to Europe and the UK later in the year. UB40's US tour begins on April 10 in Snoqualmie, Washington, and runs until May 8 in Glenside, Pennsylvania, including live reggae shows in 18 cities. Most of the tour venues are on the US West Coast, including shows on April 13 in Portland, Oregon, and on April 21 in Solana Beach, California. The tour will also take UB40 up to Canada for a show on April 11 in Coquitlam, British Columbia. UB40 is also booked to headline South Florida's SunFest, to be held April 29 to May 3 in downtown West Palm Beach. Other bands in the lineup include Slightly Stoopid, 311, The Steve Miller Band, and others. The penultimate US tour date will be a May 7 show in Times Square, New York City. They are also performing at the Epsom Downs Racecourse on Thursday 30th July, as the grand finale of the 2009 Epsom Live! series of events, which feature a live outdoor concert after the last race. Nick Blofeld, the Epsom Downs Racecourse's Managing Director, praised their 2006 show at the same venue: "The atmosphere was fantastic with young and old enjoying UB40 perform their classic hits as the sun set across The Downs after watching some thrilling racing around the unique Derby course.” UB40 is particularly popular in the UK, with their most recent release, Love Songs, reaching #3 on the UK Album Charts. Love Songs is a 2009 issue of digitally remastered hits from the band's past reggae albums. The 20 tracks on Love Songs are UB40's favorite lovers sounds, including the hit singles I Got You Babe and (I Can't Help) Falling In love With You. The album includes other UB40 favorites such as Please Don't Make Me Cry, Homely Girl, Breakfast In Bed, and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight. The full track list includes: (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You I Got You Babe Kiss And Say Goodbye You're Always Pulling Me Down Don't Break My Heart Please Don't Make Me Cry I Love It When You Smile Homely Girl Where Did I Go Wrong Come Back Darling Impossible Love Dream A Lie Tears From My Eyes Breakfast In Bed I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Bring Me Your Cup I'll Be There Gotta Tell Someone Here I Am (Come And Take Me) I Would Do For You UB40 formed in Britain's West Midlands in 1978, eventually gaining global popularity as one of the world's foremost reggae bands, delighting existing reggae fans and drawing new listeners to the genre with reggae hits such as (I Can’t Help) Falling in Love With You and Kingston Town. The original reggae band's line up included Ali Campbell, his brother Robin Campbell, James (Jimmy) Brown, Norman Hassan, Earl Falconer, Brian Travers, Mickey Virtue, and Astro. UB40 truly took off in the beginning of 1980, when the reggae band was invited to tour with The Pretenders. Drawing on their roots in Jamaican music, UB40 joined the Two Tone sound that had grown from Caribbean ska, rock steady and reggae and was then becoming popular in nearby Coventry. UB40 has released dozens of studio and live albums, their most famous song, 1988's Red Red Wine, the original Labour of Love album, became a global hit, topping the Hot 100 chart. UB40's 8-member band lineup has remained active for over 30 years, drawing on their Irish, Scottish, English, Yemeni and Jamaican heritage for a truly global sound. Founder and former lead singer Ali Campbell left UB40 last year, and Mickey Virtue left UB40 shortly thereafter. Fortunately, they managed to finish the Twentyfourseven album just in time to keep the original line up. Ali and Mickey Virtue were replaced with Duncan Campbell and Tony Mullings. Other members of the UB40 lineup include drummer James Brown, guitarist/vocalist Robin Campbell, bassist/vocalist Earl Falconer, percussionist/vocalist Norman Hassan, saxophonist Brian Travers, and vocalist/trumpeter Astro. Despite an earlier press release from the band, indicating that Ali Campbell was leaving to pursue a solo career, the lead singer released a statement indicating that he had "been deeply unhappy with administrative practices and with many decisions that have been made in recent years." He did soften his tone with closing well-wishes, concluding: "I know UB40 will carry on successfully without me and I wish them all the best." UB40's new lineup is currently working on the next studio album Labour of Love IV, scheduled to be released in October 2009. The band's official website reports that it's all "business as usual," and that "despite rumors to the contrary," the band is moving forward making new music; the Labour of Love IV album release will be followed by a UK/European arena tour in November and December 2009. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:43:45 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_UB40-Love-Songs-Tour-and-Labour-of-Love-IV/BLOG/212457/5057.html Dubman 2009-03-16T20:43:45Z Live shows Dub and Reggae dot com [image] Like Bob Marley before them and Matisyahu today, UB40 has the rare distinction of a reggae band that attracts fans beyond those who already love dub, reggae, or dancehall music. With 54 UK hit singles and over 70 million albums sold, they are truly kings of modern reggae. UB40 is heading to the United States with its 2009 Labour of Love Tour, before returning to Europe and the UK later in the year. UB40's US tour begins on April 10 in Snoqualmie, Washington, and runs until May 8 in Glenside, Pennsylvania, including live reggae shows in 18 cities. Most of the tour venues are on the US West Coast, including shows on April 13 in Portland, Oregon, and on April 21 in Solana Beach, California. The tour will also take UB40 up to Canada for a show on April 11 in Coquitlam, British Columbia. UB40 is also booked to headline South Florida's SunFest, to be held April 29 to May 3 in downtown West Palm Beach. Other bands in the lineup include Slightly Stoopid, 311, The Steve Miller Band, and others. The penultimate US tour date will be a May 7 show in Times Square, New York City. They are also performing at the Epsom Downs Racecourse on Thursday 30th July, as the grand finale of the 2009 Epsom Live! series of events, which feature a live outdoor concert after the last race. Nick Blofeld, the Epsom Downs Racecourse's Managing Director, praised their 2006 show at the same venue: "The atmosphere was fantastic with young and old enjoying UB40 perform their classic hits as the sun set across The Downs after watching some thrilling racing around the unique Derby course.” UB40 is particularly popular in the UK, with their most recent release, Love Songs, reaching #3 on the UK Album Charts. Love Songs is a 2009 issue of digitally remastered hits from the band's past reggae albums. The 20 tracks on Love Songs are UB40's favorite lovers sounds, including the hit singles I Got You Babe and (I Can't Help) Falling In love With You. The album includes other UB40 favorites such as Please Don't Make Me Cry, Homely Girl, Breakfast In Bed, and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight. The full track list includes: (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You I Got You Babe Kiss And Say Goodbye You're Always Pulling Me Down Don't Break My Heart Please Don't Make Me Cry I Love It When You Smile Homely Girl Where Did I Go Wrong Come Back Darling Impossible Love Dream A Lie Tears From My Eyes Breakfast In Bed I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Bring Me Your Cup I'll Be There Gotta Tell Someone Here I Am (Come And Take Me) I Would Do For You UB40 formed in Britain's West Midlands in 1978, eventually gaining global popularity as one of the world's foremost reggae bands, delighting existing reggae fans and drawing new listeners to the genre with reggae hits such as (I Can’t Help) Falling in Love With You and Kingston Town. The original reggae band's line up included Ali Campbell, his brother Robin Campbell, James (Jimmy) Brown, Norman Hassan, Earl Falconer, Brian Travers, Mickey Virtue, and Astro. UB40 truly took off in the beginning of 1980, when the reggae band was invited to tour with The Pretenders. Drawing on their roots in Jamaican music, UB40 joined the Two Tone sound that had grown from Caribbean ska, rock steady and reggae and was then becoming popular in nearby Coventry. UB40 has released dozens of studio and live albums, their most famous song, 1988's Red Red Wine, the original Labour of Love album, became a global hit, topping the Hot 100 chart. UB40's 8-member band lineup has remained active for over 30 years, drawing on their Irish, Scottish, English, Yemeni and Jamaican heritage for a truly global sound. Founder and former lead singer Ali Campbell left UB40 last year, and Mickey Virtue left UB40 shortly thereafter. Fortunately, they managed to finish the Twentyfourseven album just in time to keep the original line up. Ali and Mickey Virtue were replaced with Duncan Campbell and Tony Mullings. Other members of the UB40 lineup include drummer James Brown, guitarist/vocalist Robin Campbell, bassist/vocalist Earl Falconer, percussionist/vocalist Norman Hassan, saxophonist Brian Travers, and vocalist/trumpeter Astro. Despite an earlier press release from the band, indicating that Ali Campbell was leaving to pursue a solo career, the lead singer released a statement indicating that he had "been deeply unhappy with administrative practices and with many decisions that have been made in recent years." He did soften his tone with closing well-wishes, concluding: "I know UB40 will carry on successfully without me and I wish them all the best." UB40's new lineup is currently working on the next studio album Labour of Love IV, scheduled to be released in October 2009. The band's official website reports that it's all "business as usual," and that "despite rumors to the contrary," the band is moving forward making new music; the Labour of Love IV album release will be followed by a UK/European arena tour in November and December 2009. 311, bob, dancehall, live shows, marley, mtisyahu, reggae, ska, slightly, stoopid, ub40 nonadult false UB40 Love Songs Tour and Labour of Love IV text blog 311,bob,dancehall,live shows,marley,mtisyahu,reggae,ska,slightly,stoopid,ub40 4115 0 0.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United Kingdom 1 Live shows 0 212457 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_DubConscious-tour-dates-and-new-album/BLOG/212150/5057.html [image]DubConscious, the dub reggae jam band haling from Athens, Georgia, is in the studio rehearsing and recording for their upcoming American tour. Many of the DubConscious tour dates are in Colorado, with stops including a free reggae show at Aspen's Belly Up, followed by Breckenridge and then Telluride for a return to "Fly Me To the Moon". Additional Colorado dates include Denver and Boulder. On the return trip, DubConscious will play reggae shows in Lawrence, St. Louis, Jackson Mississippi, Tuscaloosa, and Birmingham, concluding with Jacksonville Florida at Freebird Live on a sunday night with Elliot Lipp. The band reports that they're " already gettin' excited for this one. Thanks for all the love and support and look forward to the healing vibes with all of you." [image] NONVIOLENT TOUR Monday, March 16, 2009Belly UpAspen, CO Tuesday, March 17, 2009three20southBreckenridge, CO Wednesday, March 18, 2009Fly Me to the MoonTelluride, CO Thursday, March 19, 2009EldoCrested Butte, CO Friday, March 20, 2009 w/ 2020 Soundsystem & The Passage ProjectCervante'sDenver, CO Saturday, March 21, 2009 w/ Zion-ICervante'sDenver, CO Sunday, March 22, 2009 w/ Meryl Romer Jazz TrioB side LoungeBoulder, CO Tuesday, March 24, 2009BottleneckLawrence, KS Wednesday, March 25, 2009 w/ Dub KitchenOld Rock HouseSt. Louis, MO Thursday, March 26, 2009Martin's LoungeJackson, MS Friday, March 27, 2009Mellow MushroomTuscaloosa, AL Saturday, March 28, 2009ZydecoBirmingham, AL Sunday, March 29, 2009Freebird Live w/ Eliot Lipp and MichnaJacksonville Beach, FL Friday, April 3, 2009The Soapbox - Zalea FestWilmington, NC Thursday, April 9, 2009Pour House Charleston, SC Friday, April 10, 2009 w/ Hope MassiveAsheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern Saturday, April 11, 2009 w/ Collective EffortsNeighborhood TheatreCharlotte, NC Thursday, April 16, 2009 w/ Wild PeachUniversity of TennesseeChattanooga, TN Friday, April 17, 2009 w/ EntropyRhythm and BrewsChattanooga, TN Friday, April 24, 2009Georgia TheatreAthens, GA Get Free Tickets to DubConscious Shows Dubconscious is looking for volunteers to help spread the word. You can help by: placing 10 posters around town before the show promoting the show online helping to gather email addresses at a show If you're interested, contact the good people at DubConscious and let them know which show you'd like to work. In exchange for a small amount of help, they'll give you a guest list spot (free ticket) to the show. [image]DubConscious, the dub reggae jam band haling from Athens, Georgia, is in the studio rehearsing and recording for their upcoming American tour. Many of the DubConscious tour dates are in Colorado, with stops including a free reggae show at Aspen's Belly Up, followed by Breckenridge and then Telluride for a return to "Fly Me To the Moon". Additional Colorado dates include Denver and Boulder. On the return trip, DubConscious will play reggae shows in Lawrence, St. Louis, Jackson Mississippi, Tuscaloosa, and Birmingham, concluding with Jacksonville Florida at Freebird Live on a sunday night with Elliot Lipp. The band reports that they're " already gettin' excited for this one. Thanks for all the love and support and look forward to the healing vibes with all of you." [image] NONVIOLENT TOUR Monday, March 16, 2009Belly UpAspen, CO Tuesday, March 17, 2009three20southBreckenridge, CO Wednesday, March 18, 2009Fly Me to the MoonTelluride, CO Thursday, March 19, 2009EldoCrested Butte, CO Friday, March 20, 2009 w/ 2020 Soundsystem & The Passage ProjectCervante'sDenver, CO Saturday, March 21, 2009 w/ Zion-ICervante'sDenver, CO Sunday, March 22, 2009 w/ Meryl Romer Jazz TrioB side LoungeBoulder, CO Tuesday, March 24, 2009BottleneckLawrence, KS Wednesday, March 25, 2009 w/ Dub KitchenOld Rock HouseSt. Louis, MO Thursday, March 26, 2009Martin's LoungeJackson, MS Friday, March 27, 2009Mellow MushroomTuscaloosa, AL Saturday, March 28, 2009ZydecoBirmingham, AL Sunday, March 29, 2009Freebird Live w/ Eliot Lipp and MichnaJacksonville Beach, FL Friday, April 3, 2009The Soapbox - Zalea FestWilmington, NC Thursday, April 9, 2009Pour House Charleston, SC Friday, April 10, 2009 w/ Hope MassiveAsheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern Saturday, April 11, 2009 w/ Collective EffortsNeighborhood TheatreCharlotte, NC Thursday, April 16, 2009 w/ Wild PeachUniversity of TennesseeChattanooga, TN Friday, April 17, 2009 w/ EntropyRhythm and BrewsChattanooga, TN Friday, April 24, 2009Georgia TheatreAthens, GA Get Free Tickets to DubConscious Shows Dubconscious is looking for volunteers to help spread the word. You can help by: placing 10 posters around town before the show promoting the show online helping to gather email addresses at a show If you're interested, contact the good people at DubConscious and let them know which show you'd like to work. In exchange for a small amount of help, they'll give you a guest list spot (free ticket) to the show. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:50:12 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_DubConscious-tour-dates-and-new-album/BLOG/212150/5057.html Dubman 2009-03-16T15:50:12Z Live shows Dub and Reggae dot com [image]DubConscious, the dub reggae jam band haling from Athens, Georgia, is in the studio rehearsing and recording for their upcoming American tour. Many of the DubConscious tour dates are in Colorado, with stops including a free reggae show at Aspen's Belly Up, followed by Breckenridge and then Telluride for a return to "Fly Me To the Moon". Additional Colorado dates include Denver and Boulder. On the return trip, DubConscious will play reggae shows in Lawrence, St. Louis, Jackson Mississippi, Tuscaloosa, and Birmingham, concluding with Jacksonville Florida at Freebird Live on a sunday night with Elliot Lipp. The band reports that they're " already gettin' excited for this one. Thanks for all the love and support and look forward to the healing vibes with all of you." [image] NONVIOLENT TOUR Monday, March 16, 2009Belly UpAspen, CO Tuesday, March 17, 2009three20southBreckenridge, CO Wednesday, March 18, 2009Fly Me to the MoonTelluride, CO Thursday, March 19, 2009EldoCrested Butte, CO Friday, March 20, 2009 w/ 2020 Soundsystem & The Passage ProjectCervante'sDenver, CO Saturday, March 21, 2009 w/ Zion-ICervante'sDenver, CO Sunday, March 22, 2009 w/ Meryl Romer Jazz TrioB side LoungeBoulder, CO Tuesday, March 24, 2009BottleneckLawrence, KS Wednesday, March 25, 2009 w/ Dub KitchenOld Rock HouseSt. Louis, MO Thursday, March 26, 2009Martin's LoungeJackson, MS Friday, March 27, 2009Mellow MushroomTuscaloosa, AL Saturday, March 28, 2009ZydecoBirmingham, AL Sunday, March 29, 2009Freebird Live w/ Eliot Lipp and MichnaJacksonville Beach, FL Friday, April 3, 2009The Soapbox - Zalea FestWilmington, NC Thursday, April 9, 2009Pour House Charleston, SC Friday, April 10, 2009 w/ Hope MassiveAsheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern Saturday, April 11, 2009 w/ Collective EffortsNeighborhood TheatreCharlotte, NC Thursday, April 16, 2009 w/ Wild PeachUniversity of TennesseeChattanooga, TN Friday, April 17, 2009 w/ EntropyRhythm and BrewsChattanooga, TN Friday, April 24, 2009Georgia TheatreAthens, GA Get Free Tickets to DubConscious Shows Dubconscious is looking for volunteers to help spread the word. You can help by: placing 10 posters around town before the show promoting the show online helping to gather email addresses at a show If you're interested, contact the good people at DubConscious and let them know which show you'd like to work. In exchange for a small amount of help, they'll give you a guest list spot (free ticket) to the show. dubconscious, live shows, nonviolent, tour nonadult false DubConscious tour dates and new album text blog dubconscious,live shows,nonviolent,tour 741 0 0.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States GA Athens 0 Live shows 1 212150 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Free-download-Santogold-and-Diplos-Guns-of-Brooklyn-Doc-and-Jon-Hill-Dub-MP3/BLOG/210052/5057.html Santogold's music isn't traditional reggae. Instead it's a fusion of contemporary musical flavors that draws frequent comparisons to M.I.A. It's true that Diplo (Santogold's producer and the DJ on this track) dated and worked with M.I.A. early in his career, but don't expect Santogold to be another weak M.I.A clone - Santogold's eponymous album reveals a distinct love of dub reggae music as she often skews into skanky melodies, a habit that is further enhanced by rising producer Diplo's dub effects. Guns of Brooklyn, available as a free MP3 dowload from the Test Pilots blog, is a cover of The Clash's Guns of Brixton. It represents the epitome of Santogold and Diplo's dub collaborations, exhibiting a modern reggae sound that reminds once again of how far the art form has come from the early days of Jamaican sound systems, particularly through cross-pollination with other sounds. In an interview with the Birmingham Mail, Santogold explained that "I grew up listening to lots of reggae, jazz and Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician. So him, James Brown and Aretha Franklin are my main influences."Santogold, born Santi White, recently, changed her name to Santigold due to conflicts with a jeweler named Santo Gold (we'll see if it sticks, after so many of us have fallen in love with her original name and sound). She began her musical career singing for Stiffed, a Philly-based punk band Stiffed, where she was discovered by Lizard King Redords' Martin Heath and went solo with the 2007 release of hit singles Creator and L.E.S. Artistes, both of which have a more mainstream, pop sound. Those singles led to her 2008 album Santogold, which includes production work Steel Pulse's Cliffored "Moonie" Pusey.Diplo, born Thomas Wesley Pentz, is a prolific Philadelphia- based producer sometimes DJ, and general music maker. His 2004 solo album Florida is highly recommended for anyone interested producers creating new sounds in the dub legacy. Santogold's music isn't traditional reggae. Instead it's a fusion of contemporary musical flavors that draws frequent comparisons to M.I.A. It's true that Diplo (Santogold's producer and the DJ on this track) dated and worked with M.I.A. early in his career, but don't expect Santogold to be another weak M.I.A clone - Santogold's eponymous album reveals a distinct love of dub reggae music as she often skews into skanky melodies, a habit that is further enhanced by rising producer Diplo's dub effects. Guns of Brooklyn, available as a free MP3 dowload from the Test Pilots blog, is a cover of The Clash's Guns of Brixton. It represents the epitome of Santogold and Diplo's dub collaborations, exhibiting a modern reggae sound that reminds once again of how far the art form has come from the early days of Jamaican sound systems, particularly through cross-pollination with other sounds. In an interview with the Birmingham Mail, Santogold explained that "I grew up listening to lots of reggae, jazz and Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician. So him, James Brown and Aretha Franklin are my main influences."Santogold, born Santi White, recently, changed her name to Santigold due to conflicts with a jeweler named Santo Gold (we'll see if it sticks, after so many of us have fallen in love with her original name and sound). She began her musical career singing for Stiffed, a Philly-based punk band Stiffed, where she was discovered by Lizard King Redords' Martin Heath and went solo with the 2007 release of hit singles Creator and L.E.S. Artistes, both of which have a more mainstream, pop sound. Those singles led to her 2008 album Santogold, which includes production work Steel Pulse's Cliffored "Moonie" Pusey.Diplo, born Thomas Wesley Pentz, is a prolific Philadelphia- based producer sometimes DJ, and general music maker. His 2004 solo album Florida is highly recommended for anyone interested producers creating new sounds in the dub legacy. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:41:47 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Free-download-Santogold-and-Diplos-Guns-of-Brooklyn-Doc-and-Jon-Hill-Dub-MP3/BLOG/210052/5057.html Dubman 2009-03-13T20:41:47Z Dub Dub and Reggae dot com Santogold's music isn't traditional reggae. Instead it's a fusion of contemporary musical flavors that draws frequent comparisons to M.I.A. It's true that Diplo (Santogold's producer and the DJ on this track) dated and worked with M.I.A. early in his career, but don't expect Santogold to be another weak M.I.A clone - Santogold's eponymous album reveals a distinct love of dub reggae music as she often skews into skanky melodies, a habit that is further enhanced by rising producer Diplo's dub effects. Guns of Brooklyn, available as a free MP3 dowload from the Test Pilots blog, is a cover of The Clash's Guns of Brixton. It represents the epitome of Santogold and Diplo's dub collaborations, exhibiting a modern reggae sound that reminds once again of how far the art form has come from the early days of Jamaican sound systems, particularly through cross-pollination with other sounds. In an interview with the Birmingham Mail, Santogold explained that "I grew up listening to lots of reggae, jazz and Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician. So him, James Brown and Aretha Franklin are my main influences."Santogold, born Santi White, recently, changed her name to Santigold due to conflicts with a jeweler named Santo Gold (we'll see if it sticks, after so many of us have fallen in love with her original name and sound). She began her musical career singing for Stiffed, a Philly-based punk band Stiffed, where she was discovered by Lizard King Redords' Martin Heath and went solo with the 2007 release of hit singles Creator and L.E.S. Artistes, both of which have a more mainstream, pop sound. Those singles led to her 2008 album Santogold, which includes production work Steel Pulse's Cliffored "Moonie" Pusey.Diplo, born Thomas Wesley Pentz, is a prolific Philadelphia- based producer sometimes DJ, and general music maker. His 2004 solo album Florida is highly recommended for anyone interested producers creating new sounds in the dub legacy. clash, clifford, diplo, dub, guns, mia, moonie, pulse, pusey, reggae, santogold, steel nonadult false Free download: Santogold and Diplo's Guns of Brooklyn (Doc and Jon Hill Dub) MP3 text blog clash,clifford,diplo,dub,guns,mia,moonie,pulse,pusey,reggae,santogold,steel 1591 10 5.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States PA Philadelphia 0 Dub 0 210052 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Roots-Tonic-meets-Bill-Laswell-in-a-free-dub-reggae-MP3-download/BLOG/204188/5057.html [image]Matisyahu's band Roots Tonic mix it up with mix master DJ Bill Laswell in Roots Tonic meets Bill Laswell . Grounded in their hit making dub reggae sound, the artistic collective steps off the beaten path, forgoing vocals to instead wander in a dense sonic landscape of instrumentation and layered effects. Laswell has described the work as "a futurist space/dub transmission in which the spirit of Roots Radics, Sly & Robbie and Scientist gets re-electrified and blown to new proportions." The dub reggae track, Akademikus Du Umbeigu, is available for free download from Download.com (7.1MB download). Anyone listening to contemporary reggae music has heard Roots Tonic, whether they know it or not, because they're Hasidic reggae artiste Matisyahu's band. Producer Bill Laswell is the perfect complement for Roots Tonic, having produced Matisyahu's Youth, which hit the Billboard top 10. Laswell has a reputation as a producer who successfully blends world music sounds into other genres. His collaborations include work with Sly & Robbie, Fela Kuti, Afrika Bambaataa, Mick Jagger, Brian Eno, John Zorn, Peter Gabriel, George Clinton, Herbie Hancock, Iggy Pop, and others. He has also remixed some of Bob Marley's work. After recording Youth with Matisyahu and Roots Tonic, Laswell was so impressed by the trio's sound that he invited them to a separate recording session, which they were more than ready for. Roots Tonic back Matisyahu in the same way the Wailers backed Bob Marley, playing a key role in his sound and success. Roots Tonic members include Aaron Dugan on guitar, Josh Werner on bass, and Jonah David handling drums. During their time with Matisyahu, the trio recorded albums with him, played the energetic live shows that have built his rep and even going wrote some of his hit songs. The resulting work combines the best of a live Matisyahu show with the best of a great dub album, as Laswell accentuates Werner's bass lines with echoing guitar and drum effects and the addition of synths and samples. In their review, Download.com notes that: With Laswell serving as studio lion Lee "Scratch" Perry to Roots Tonic's Upsetters, Josh, Jonah and Aaron have created a living, breathing disc of instrumental reggae, as funky as, say, the classic "Macka Dub" by the Barrett Brothers (Aston "Family Man" Barrett & Carlton Barrett, The Wailers' rhythm section). You can get the full Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell album on Amazon.com. It's also available as an MP3 album for USD $7.92. The product is a fine addition to America's growing field of modern dub superstars, including Dub Trio, Dr. Israel, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Heavyweight Dub Champion, Systemwide, Goathead, Dub Nomads, and Future Pigeon, as well as contemporary reggae acts such as Matisyahu himself, whose most famous albums include Youth and Live at Stubbs, which has gone gold. [image]Matisyahu's band Roots Tonic mix it up with mix master DJ Bill Laswell in Roots Tonic meets Bill Laswell . Grounded in their hit making dub reggae sound, the artistic collective steps off the beaten path, forgoing vocals to instead wander in a dense sonic landscape of instrumentation and layered effects. Laswell has described the work as "a futurist space/dub transmission in which the spirit of Roots Radics, Sly & Robbie and Scientist gets re-electrified and blown to new proportions." The dub reggae track, Akademikus Du Umbeigu, is available for free download from Download.com (7.1MB download). Anyone listening to contemporary reggae music has heard Roots Tonic, whether they know it or not, because they're Hasidic reggae artiste Matisyahu's band. Producer Bill Laswell is the perfect complement for Roots Tonic, having produced Matisyahu's Youth, which hit the Billboard top 10. Laswell has a reputation as a producer who successfully blends world music sounds into other genres. His collaborations include work with Sly & Robbie, Fela Kuti, Afrika Bambaataa, Mick Jagger, Brian Eno, John Zorn, Peter Gabriel, George Clinton, Herbie Hancock, Iggy Pop, and others. He has also remixed some of Bob Marley's work. After recording Youth with Matisyahu and Roots Tonic, Laswell was so impressed by the trio's sound that he invited them to a separate recording session, which they were more than ready for. Roots Tonic back Matisyahu in the same way the Wailers backed Bob Marley, playing a key role in his sound and success. Roots Tonic members include Aaron Dugan on guitar, Josh Werner on bass, and Jonah David handling drums. During their time with Matisyahu, the trio recorded albums with him, played the energetic live shows that have built his rep and even going wrote some of his hit songs. The resulting work combines the best of a live Matisyahu show with the best of a great dub album, as Laswell accentuates Werner's bass lines with echoing guitar and drum effects and the addition of synths and samples. In their review, Download.com notes that: With Laswell serving as studio lion Lee "Scratch" Perry to Roots Tonic's Upsetters, Josh, Jonah and Aaron have created a living, breathing disc of instrumental reggae, as funky as, say, the classic "Macka Dub" by the Barrett Brothers (Aston "Family Man" Barrett & Carlton Barrett, The Wailers' rhythm section). You can get the full Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell album on Amazon.com. It's also available as an MP3 album for USD $7.92. The product is a fine addition to America's growing field of modern dub superstars, including Dub Trio, Dr. Israel, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Heavyweight Dub Champion, Systemwide, Goathead, Dub Nomads, and Future Pigeon, as well as contemporary reggae acts such as Matisyahu himself, whose most famous albums include Youth and Live at Stubbs, which has gone gold. Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:45:34 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Roots-Tonic-meets-Bill-Laswell-in-a-free-dub-reggae-MP3-download/BLOG/204188/5057.html Dubman 2009-03-07T16:45:34Z Albums Dub and Reggae dot com [image]Matisyahu's band Roots Tonic mix it up with mix master DJ Bill Laswell in Roots Tonic meets Bill Laswell . Grounded in their hit making dub reggae sound, the artistic collective steps off the beaten path, forgoing vocals to instead wander in a dense sonic landscape of instrumentation and layered effects. Laswell has described the work as "a futurist space/dub transmission in which the spirit of Roots Radics, Sly & Robbie and Scientist gets re-electrified and blown to new proportions." The dub reggae track, Akademikus Du Umbeigu, is available for free download from Download.com (7.1MB download). Anyone listening to contemporary reggae music has heard Roots Tonic, whether they know it or not, because they're Hasidic reggae artiste Matisyahu's band. Producer Bill Laswell is the perfect complement for Roots Tonic, having produced Matisyahu's Youth, which hit the Billboard top 10. Laswell has a reputation as a producer who successfully blends world music sounds into other genres. His collaborations include work with Sly & Robbie, Fela Kuti, Afrika Bambaataa, Mick Jagger, Brian Eno, John Zorn, Peter Gabriel, George Clinton, Herbie Hancock, Iggy Pop, and others. He has also remixed some of Bob Marley's work. After recording Youth with Matisyahu and Roots Tonic, Laswell was so impressed by the trio's sound that he invited them to a separate recording session, which they were more than ready for. Roots Tonic back Matisyahu in the same way the Wailers backed Bob Marley, playing a key role in his sound and success. Roots Tonic members include Aaron Dugan on guitar, Josh Werner on bass, and Jonah David handling drums. During their time with Matisyahu, the trio recorded albums with him, played the energetic live shows that have built his rep and even going wrote some of his hit songs. The resulting work combines the best of a live Matisyahu show with the best of a great dub album, as Laswell accentuates Werner's bass lines with echoing guitar and drum effects and the addition of synths and samples. In their review, Download.com notes that: With Laswell serving as studio lion Lee "Scratch" Perry to Roots Tonic's Upsetters, Josh, Jonah and Aaron have created a living, breathing disc of instrumental reggae, as funky as, say, the classic "Macka Dub" by the Barrett Brothers (Aston "Family Man" Barrett & Carlton Barrett, The Wailers' rhythm section). You can get the full Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell album on Amazon.com. It's also available as an MP3 album for USD $7.92. The product is a fine addition to America's growing field of modern dub superstars, including Dub Trio, Dr. Israel, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Heavyweight Dub Champion, Systemwide, Goathead, Dub Nomads, and Future Pigeon, as well as contemporary reggae acts such as Matisyahu himself, whose most famous albums include Youth and Live at Stubbs, which has gone gold. albums, bill, bob, champion, dub, future, ganja, goathead, heavyweight, israel, laswell, marley, matisyahu, nomads, pigeon, plant, radics, robbie, roots, scientist, sly, systemwide, tonic, trio, wailers, youth nonadult false Roots Tonic meets Bill Laswell in a free dub reggae MP3 download text blog albums,bill,bob,champion,dub,future,ganja,goathead,heavyweight,israel,laswell,marley,matisyahu,nomads,pigeon,plant,radics,robbie,roots,scientist,sly,systemwide,tonic,trio,wailers,youth 1502 11 4.90909 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States CA 1 Albums 0 204188 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_30-reggae-love-songs-know-any-others/BLOG/190502/5057.html It's late for Valentine's Day, but not too late to fall in love. Here's a list of reggae love songs: Is This Love, Could You Be Loved, Stir It Up, Turn Your Lights Down Low, Waiting In Vain, and No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley She's Royal, the recent hit from Tarrus Riley Love Means Never To Say Sorry and No Disturb Sign the lovers rock classics from Beres Hammond All I Have Is Love, I'll Get Along Somehow, I Need Your Love, Lonely Lover, My Number One, and My Only Lover by Gregory Isaacs Cherry Oh Baby by Eric Donaldson, later covered by UB40 (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You by UB40 Carpenter by John Holt I'm Asking For Love by Peter Scarlett, produced by Grub Cooper So I'll Wait For You by Freddie McGregor Everything I Own by Ken Boothe On My Mind by Da'ville Here I Am by Chevelle Franklyn Beautiful Lady by Gyptian Love So Nice by Junior Kelly What Would, Love Is, and Longing For by Jah Cure I'm Still In Love With You by Alton Ellis And I Wanna Wake Up With You by Boris Gardener was one of Prince Charles's wedding songs when he married Princess Di And here are 50 more reggae love songs on Last.fm. What are other good love songs? Any artists on the site want to post a link to one of their own? Peace,Dm It's late for Valentine's Day, but not too late to fall in love. Here's a list of reggae love songs: Is This Love, Could You Be Loved, Stir It Up, Turn Your Lights Down Low, Waiting In Vain, and No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley She's Royal, the recent hit from Tarrus Riley Love Means Never To Say Sorry and No Disturb Sign the lovers rock classics from Beres Hammond All I Have Is Love, I'll Get Along Somehow, I Need Your Love, Lonely Lover, My Number One, and My Only Lover by Gregory Isaacs Cherry Oh Baby by Eric Donaldson, later covered by UB40 (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You by UB40 Carpenter by John Holt I'm Asking For Love by Peter Scarlett, produced by Grub Cooper So I'll Wait For You by Freddie McGregor Everything I Own by Ken Boothe On My Mind by Da'ville Here I Am by Chevelle Franklyn Beautiful Lady by Gyptian Love So Nice by Junior Kelly What Would, Love Is, and Longing For by Jah Cure I'm Still In Love With You by Alton Ellis And I Wanna Wake Up With You by Boris Gardener was one of Prince Charles's wedding songs when he married Princess Di And here are 50 more reggae love songs on Last.fm. What are other good love songs? Any artists on the site want to post a link to one of their own? Peace,Dm Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:33:46 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_30-reggae-love-songs-know-any-others/BLOG/190502/5057.html Dubman 2009-02-20T03:33:46Z Reggae Dub and Reggae dot com It's late for Valentine's Day, but not too late to fall in love. Here's a list of reggae love songs: Is This Love, Could You Be Loved, Stir It Up, Turn Your Lights Down Low, Waiting In Vain, and No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley She's Royal, the recent hit from Tarrus Riley Love Means Never To Say Sorry and No Disturb Sign the lovers rock classics from Beres Hammond All I Have Is Love, I'll Get Along Somehow, I Need Your Love, Lonely Lover, My Number One, and My Only Lover by Gregory Isaacs Cherry Oh Baby by Eric Donaldson, later covered by UB40 (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You by UB40 Carpenter by John Holt I'm Asking For Love by Peter Scarlett, produced by Grub Cooper So I'll Wait For You by Freddie McGregor Everything I Own by Ken Boothe On My Mind by Da'ville Here I Am by Chevelle Franklyn Beautiful Lady by Gyptian Love So Nice by Junior Kelly What Would, Love Is, and Longing For by Jah Cure I'm Still In Love With You by Alton Ellis And I Wanna Wake Up With You by Boris Gardener was one of Prince Charles's wedding songs when he married Princess Di And here are 50 more reggae love songs on Last.fm. What are other good love songs? Any artists on the site want to post a link to one of their own? 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(Select "Freedom Day" from the select menu below the "Play Now!" heading.) The tracklist includes a nice mix of roots, conscious, and dub reggae artists: Children Of The Ghetto by Cocoa Tea Whos Gonna Pay (The Rent) by Bullwackie & The Chosen Brothers Reggae Music by Leroy Smart Freedom Day by Ken Boothe This Little Feeling by Little John Freedom by Beres Hammond Crown I by Anthony B Fire Burn Dem Below by Charlie Chaplin Morning Ride by Yellowman Bull In The Pen by Black Uhuru Thank You Lord by Aswad Lied by Carlton Livingston Trenchtown Rock by Peter Tosh & Bob Marley Time I Know by 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Too Much Revolution by Luciano & Mickey General Problems by Horace Andy Technology by Dub Terror Ft. Echo Ranks Jordan River by Max Romeo Make It Up by Poor Man Friend Make More Money by Ras Michael Junior zOnk.oNe also offers free reggae wallpapers from his site. zOnk.oNe has posted a new reggae mix, titled "Freedom Day," at Shockout.com's radio page. (Select "Freedom Day" from the select menu below the "Play Now!" heading.) The tracklist includes a nice mix of roots, conscious, and dub reggae artists: Children Of The Ghetto by Cocoa Tea Whos Gonna Pay (The Rent) by Bullwackie & The Chosen Brothers Reggae Music by Leroy Smart Freedom Day by Ken Boothe This Little Feeling by Little John Freedom by Beres Hammond Crown I by Anthony B Fire Burn Dem Below by Charlie Chaplin Morning Ride by Yellowman Bull In The Pen by Black Uhuru Thank You Lord by Aswad Lied by Carlton Livingston Trenchtown Rock by Peter Tosh & Bob Marley Time I Know by 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Too Much Revolution by Luciano & Mickey General Problems by Horace Andy Technology by Dub Terror Ft. Echo Ranks Jordan River by Max Romeo Make It Up by Poor Man Friend Make More Money by Ras Michael Junior zOnk.oNe also offers free reggae wallpapers from his site. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:58:20 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_New-Freedom-Day-reggae-mix-playlist/BLOG/190450/5057.html Dubman 2009-02-20T02:58:20Z Reggae Dub and Reggae dot com zOnk.oNe has posted a new reggae mix, titled "Freedom Day," at Shockout.com's radio page. (Select "Freedom Day" from the select menu below the "Play Now!" heading.) The tracklist includes a nice mix of roots, conscious, and dub reggae artists: Children Of The Ghetto by Cocoa Tea Whos Gonna Pay (The Rent) by Bullwackie & The Chosen Brothers Reggae Music by Leroy Smart Freedom Day by Ken Boothe This Little Feeling by Little John Freedom by Beres Hammond Crown I by Anthony B Fire Burn Dem Below by Charlie Chaplin Morning Ride by Yellowman Bull In The Pen by Black Uhuru Thank You Lord by Aswad Lied by Carlton Livingston Trenchtown Rock by Peter Tosh & Bob Marley Time I Know by 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Too Much Revolution by Luciano & Mickey General Problems by Horace Andy Technology by Dub Terror Ft. Echo Ranks Jordan River by Max Romeo Make It Up by Poor Man Friend Make More Money by Ras Michael Junior zOnk.oNe also offers free reggae wallpapers from his site. 10foot, andy, anothonyb, anthony, aswad, beres, beres hammond, black, bob, boothe, brothers, bullwackie, carlton, chaplin, charlie, chosen, cocoa, dub, echo, firend, ganja, general, hammond, horace, john, junior, ken, leroy, little, livingston, luciano, man, marley, max, michael, mickey, peter, plant, poor, ranks, ras, reggae, romeo, smart, tea, terror, tosh, uhuru, yellowman nonadult false New Freedom Day reggae mix playlist text blog 10foot,andy,anothonyb,anthony,aswad,beres,beres hammond,black,bob,boothe,brothers,bullwackie,carlton,chaplin,charlie,chosen,cocoa,dub,echo,firend,ganja,general,hammond,horace,john,junior,ken,leroy,little,livingston,luciano,man,marley,max,michael,mickey,peter,plant,poor,ranks,ras,reggae,romeo,smart,tea,terror,tosh,uhuru,yellowman 593 1 5.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States CA 2 Reggae 3 190450 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Jamaica-Observer-website-redesigned/BLOG/181212/5057.html The Silicon Caribe blog has a great writeup of how the Jamaica Observer has been redesigned for Web 2.0, but still doesn't offer user commenting on their articles. It's time to embrace the power of the people! [image] The Silicon Caribe blog has a great writeup of how the Jamaica Observer has been redesigned for Web 2.0, but still doesn't offer user commenting on their articles. It's time to embrace the power of the people! [image] Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:41:44 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Jamaica-Observer-website-redesigned/BLOG/181212/5057.html Dubman 2009-02-09T19:41:44Z Up in smoke... Dub and Reggae dot com The Silicon Caribe blog has a great writeup of how the Jamaica Observer has been redesigned for Web 2.0, but still doesn't offer user commenting on their articles. It's time to embrace the power of the people! [image] jamaica, observer, up in smoke... nonadult false Jamaica Observer website redesigned text blog jamaica,observer,up in smoke... 703 0 0.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false Jamaica 0 Up in smoke... 0 181212 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Reggae-Grammy-award-goes-to-Burning-Spear/BLOG/180759/5057.html [image] Burning Spear has been awarded the Grammy for Best Reggae Album for Jah is Real, released by Burning Music Production. Burning Spear, AKA Winston Rodney, OD, previously won a Grammy award for Best Reggae Album in 2000 for his Calling Rastafari album. He's been nominated for 10 other Grammy Awards, most recently last year's award, but the 2007 Grammy award winner was Stephen Marley, for Mind Control. Burning Spear is a roots reggae artiste in the classic sense, hailing from Jamaica and reknowned for the Rastafari messages of his music. Other nominees in the Best Reggae Album Grammy category for 2008 included: Elephant Man, for Let's Get Physical, released by VP Records/Bad Boy Heavy D, for Vibes, released by Stride/Universal Lee "Scratch" Perry, for Repentance, released by Narnack Records Shaggy, for Intoxication, also released by VP Records Sly & Robbie, for Amazing, released by Fontana International [image] The Grammy Awards (a shortening of the original name, the "Gramophone Awards") are presented annually by the US National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in the music industry. The Grammies were established in 1958 - this year was the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Reggae Grammys have been awarded since 1985, when Black Uhuru was awarded the first Reggae Grammy for Anthem. At that time, and until 1991, it was officially the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording. Since then, it has become the Grammy award for the Best Reggae Album (Vocal or Instrumental). [image] Burning Spear has been awarded the Grammy for Best Reggae Album for Jah is Real, released by Burning Music Production. Burning Spear, AKA Winston Rodney, OD, previously won a Grammy award for Best Reggae Album in 2000 for his Calling Rastafari album. He's been nominated for 10 other Grammy Awards, most recently last year's award, but the 2007 Grammy award winner was Stephen Marley, for Mind Control. Burning Spear is a roots reggae artiste in the classic sense, hailing from Jamaica and reknowned for the Rastafari messages of his music. Other nominees in the Best Reggae Album Grammy category for 2008 included: Elephant Man, for Let's Get Physical, released by VP Records/Bad Boy Heavy D, for Vibes, released by Stride/Universal Lee "Scratch" Perry, for Repentance, released by Narnack Records Shaggy, for Intoxication, also released by VP Records Sly & Robbie, for Amazing, released by Fontana International [image] The Grammy Awards (a shortening of the original name, the "Gramophone Awards") are presented annually by the US National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in the music industry. The Grammies were established in 1958 - this year was the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Reggae Grammys have been awarded since 1985, when Black Uhuru was awarded the first Reggae Grammy for Anthem. At that time, and until 1991, it was officially the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording. Since then, it has become the Grammy award for the Best Reggae Album (Vocal or Instrumental). Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:31:19 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Reggae-Grammy-award-goes-to-Burning-Spear/BLOG/180759/5057.html Dubman 2009-02-09T04:31:19Z Albums Dub and Reggae dot com [image] Burning Spear has been awarded the Grammy for Best Reggae Album for Jah is Real, released by Burning Music Production. Burning Spear, AKA Winston Rodney, OD, previously won a Grammy award for Best Reggae Album in 2000 for his Calling Rastafari album. He's been nominated for 10 other Grammy Awards, most recently last year's award, but the 2007 Grammy award winner was Stephen Marley, for Mind Control. Burning Spear is a roots reggae artiste in the classic sense, hailing from Jamaica and reknowned for the Rastafari messages of his music. Other nominees in the Best Reggae Album Grammy category for 2008 included: Elephant Man, for Let's Get Physical, released by VP Records/Bad Boy Heavy D, for Vibes, released by Stride/Universal Lee "Scratch" Perry, for Repentance, released by Narnack Records Shaggy, for Intoxication, also released by VP Records Sly & Robbie, for Amazing, released by Fontana International [image] The Grammy Awards (a shortening of the original name, the "Gramophone Awards") are presented annually by the US National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in the music industry. The Grammies were established in 1958 - this year was the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Reggae Grammys have been awarded since 1985, when Black Uhuru was awarded the first Reggae Grammy for Anthem. At that time, and until 1991, it was officially the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Recording. Since then, it has become the Grammy award for the Best Reggae Album (Vocal or Instrumental). 2009, album, albums, amazing, burning, elephant, grammy, heavy, heavyd, intoxication, lee, man, perry, reggae, robbie, scratch, shaggy, sly, spear, vibes, vprecords nonadult false Reggae Grammy award goes to Burning Spear text blog 2009,album,albums,amazing,burning,elephant,grammy,heavy,heavyd,intoxication,lee,man,perry,reggae,robbie,scratch,shaggy,sly,spear,vibes,vprecords 1554 10 5.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States CA Los Angeles 0 Albums 0 180759 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Little-Heros-dancehall-album-takes-top-spot-on-Billboard-reggae-chart/BLOG/179239/5057.html [image]Revelation, dancehall reggae artiste Little Hero's debut album, has opened at the #1 spot on the Billboard reggae charts, beating out reggae mainstays including UB40, a handful of Marleys, and Grammy nominee Heavy D for the week of January 25th. Released on Delroy Roberts’ Inspire Records imprint in 2008, the album's first single, Praise God held the top spot on the VI Top 20 Reggae Chart and the New York and the South Florida Reggae Charts. Here's the Praise God video "I just have to give thanks to the Most High for making it possible because having a #1 album on the Billboard chart is a dream every artist wants to reach," says Little Hero. "The love and the appreciation feels great. It would not have been possible without the fans, DJs, soundsystems, my family and my friends." Regular touring has also contributed to Little Hero’s achievements in and outside of Jamaica which is reflected in the broad selection of 15-tracks, including the hit Inna Di Ghetto. The next single from Revelation will be King Solomon World. Recorded over an inspirational one-drop riddim, Little Hero energizes the song with conscious vibes and a stirring message of positivity Another popular track from the album is Prayer: Little Hero has recently completed a Caribbean tour and is working on the album release plans. Fans can expect "more love and more music in 2009," he says. Revelation is available now on I-Tunes and e-tailers like VP Records. [image]Revelation, dancehall reggae artiste Little Hero's debut album, has opened at the #1 spot on the Billboard reggae charts, beating out reggae mainstays including UB40, a handful of Marleys, and Grammy nominee Heavy D for the week of January 25th. Released on Delroy Roberts’ Inspire Records imprint in 2008, the album's first single, Praise God held the top spot on the VI Top 20 Reggae Chart and the New York and the South Florida Reggae Charts. Here's the Praise God video "I just have to give thanks to the Most High for making it possible because having a #1 album on the Billboard chart is a dream every artist wants to reach," says Little Hero. "The love and the appreciation feels great. It would not have been possible without the fans, DJs, soundsystems, my family and my friends." Regular touring has also contributed to Little Hero’s achievements in and outside of Jamaica which is reflected in the broad selection of 15-tracks, including the hit Inna Di Ghetto. The next single from Revelation will be King Solomon World. Recorded over an inspirational one-drop riddim, Little Hero energizes the song with conscious vibes and a stirring message of positivity Another popular track from the album is Prayer: Little Hero has recently completed a Caribbean tour and is working on the album release plans. Fans can expect "more love and more music in 2009," he says. Revelation is available now on I-Tunes and e-tailers like VP Records. Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:47:18 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Little-Heros-dancehall-album-takes-top-spot-on-Billboard-reggae-chart/BLOG/179239/5057.html Dubman 2009-02-06T23:47:18Z Dancehall Dub and Reggae dot com [image]Revelation, dancehall reggae artiste Little Hero's debut album, has opened at the #1 spot on the Billboard reggae charts, beating out reggae mainstays including UB40, a handful of Marleys, and Grammy nominee Heavy D for the week of January 25th. Released on Delroy Roberts’ Inspire Records imprint in 2008, the album's first single, Praise God held the top spot on the VI Top 20 Reggae Chart and the New York and the South Florida Reggae Charts. Here's the Praise God video "I just have to give thanks to the Most High for making it possible because having a #1 album on the Billboard chart is a dream every artist wants to reach," says Little Hero. "The love and the appreciation feels great. It would not have been possible without the fans, DJs, soundsystems, my family and my friends." Regular touring has also contributed to Little Hero’s achievements in and outside of Jamaica which is reflected in the broad selection of 15-tracks, including the hit Inna Di Ghetto. The next single from Revelation will be King Solomon World. Recorded over an inspirational one-drop riddim, Little Hero energizes the song with conscious vibes and a stirring message of positivity Another popular track from the album is Prayer: Little Hero has recently completed a Caribbean tour and is working on the album release plans. Fans can expect "more love and more music in 2009," he says. Revelation is available now on I-Tunes and e-tailers like VP Records. dancehall, heavy, heavyd, hero, little, marley, reggae, ub40 nonadult false Little Hero's dancehall album takes top spot on Billboard reggae chart text blog dancehall,heavy,heavyd,hero,little,marley,reggae,ub40 1868 0 0.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States FL Miami 0 Dancehall 1 179239 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Mana-Poly-All-Stars-brings-reggae-sound-to-8th-Annual-Independent-Music-Awards/BLOG/179221/5057.html Salt Lake City based Mana Poly All-Stars is among a diverse group of independent artists named as Winners of the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMA) program. Mana Poly All-Stars release “Gunshots” was named the winner of the Social Action Song category. Fusion reggae band, Mana Poly All-Stars, ingeniously combines sultry R&B vocal stylings with the prominent basslines and drum patterns of Jamaican reggae. “Gunshots” is a tale of two true life stories destroyed by senseless gun crimes and gang violence. Mana Poly All-Stars call all who hear this song to action—unite. In addition to many music award nominations, this IMA award is the second award won by this dynamic group. Their first victory was at the 5th Annual Orange County Music Awards in 2006. Reflecting the breadth of the independent music community, this year’s IMA Winners and Finalists were culled from thousands of submissions worldwide, including the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Cuba, China, Mongolia, Republic of Guinea, Israel, South Africa, Italy, France and Sweden. Additionally, they represent every level of experience including a variety of seasoned recording artists. A 50-person judging panel consisting of influential artists and industry decision makers including Peter Gabriel, Suzanne Vega, Roger Daltrey, George Jones, Buddy Guy, Keith Urban, James “Blood” Ulmer, Butch Walker, Paquito D’Rivera, Lee Ritenour, and others determined this year’s Winners in 50+ Music and Design categories. The following artists are among those who received Independent Music Awards alongside Mana Poly All-Stars this year: Martin Sexton (Live Performance Album), Jaime Lidell (Pop/Rock Album), Dan Zanes (Children’s Album), The Cute Lepers (Punk Album), April Smith (Pop/Rock Song), Sweatshop Union (Rap/ Hip-Hop Song), The Redwalls (College Label Release, Drexel University), Blackheart Records (Indie Label Web Site), Leerone (Music Video), The Trews (Hard Rock/ Metal Song), The Wilders (Alt. Country Album),Tony Trischka (Americana Album), Jeff Healey (Blues Album), Dengue Fever (World Fusion Album) and Lucy Wainwright Roche (Folk/ Singer-Songwriter Song). Additionally, many past IMA Winners and Finalists credit the program for boosting their profile with festival and club talent buyers, distributors, publishers, radio programmers, record label A&R and fans. Previous winners include Apples In Stereo, Koko Taylor, Lacuna Coil, Joan As Policewoman, Miguel Migs, Sugarcult, Chris Whitley, Richard Julian, Speech, Val Emmich, Hoots & Hellmouth, Bitter:Sweet, Jennifer Nettles, God Forbid, Mary Gauthier, Eleni Mandell, Girl In A Coma, The Mooney Suzuki, Phil Roy, Miko Marks and Kristy Kruger. For a complete list of program details and Judges for the 8th Annual IMAs go to: www.IndependentMusicAwards.com. For more information about Mana Poly All-Stars, visit them online: www.myspace.com/manapolyallstars or contact Jillana S. AhLoe at (801)372-0309. Salt Lake City based Mana Poly All-Stars is among a diverse group of independent artists named as Winners of the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMA) program. Mana Poly All-Stars release “Gunshots” was named the winner of the Social Action Song category. Fusion reggae band, Mana Poly All-Stars, ingeniously combines sultry R&B vocal stylings with the prominent basslines and drum patterns of Jamaican reggae. “Gunshots” is a tale of two true life stories destroyed by senseless gun crimes and gang violence. Mana Poly All-Stars call all who hear this song to action—unite. In addition to many music award nominations, this IMA award is the second award won by this dynamic group. Their first victory was at the 5th Annual Orange County Music Awards in 2006. Reflecting the breadth of the independent music community, this year’s IMA Winners and Finalists were culled from thousands of submissions worldwide, including the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Cuba, China, Mongolia, Republic of Guinea, Israel, South Africa, Italy, France and Sweden. Additionally, they represent every level of experience including a variety of seasoned recording artists. A 50-person judging panel consisting of influential artists and industry decision makers including Peter Gabriel, Suzanne Vega, Roger Daltrey, George Jones, Buddy Guy, Keith Urban, James “Blood” Ulmer, Butch Walker, Paquito D’Rivera, Lee Ritenour, and others determined this year’s Winners in 50+ Music and Design categories. The following artists are among those who received Independent Music Awards alongside Mana Poly All-Stars this year: Martin Sexton (Live Performance Album), Jaime Lidell (Pop/Rock Album), Dan Zanes (Children’s Album), The Cute Lepers (Punk Album), April Smith (Pop/Rock Song), Sweatshop Union (Rap/ Hip-Hop Song), The Redwalls (College Label Release, Drexel University), Blackheart Records (Indie Label Web Site), Leerone (Music Video), The Trews (Hard Rock/ Metal Song), The Wilders (Alt. Country Album),Tony Trischka (Americana Album), Jeff Healey (Blues Album), Dengue Fever (World Fusion Album) and Lucy Wainwright Roche (Folk/ Singer-Songwriter Song). Additionally, many past IMA Winners and Finalists credit the program for boosting their profile with festival and club talent buyers, distributors, publishers, radio programmers, record label A&R and fans. Previous winners include Apples In Stereo, Koko Taylor, Lacuna Coil, Joan As Policewoman, Miguel Migs, Sugarcult, Chris Whitley, Richard Julian, Speech, Val Emmich, Hoots & Hellmouth, Bitter:Sweet, Jennifer Nettles, God Forbid, Mary Gauthier, Eleni Mandell, Girl In A Coma, The Mooney Suzuki, Phil Roy, Miko Marks and Kristy Kruger. For a complete list of program details and Judges for the 8th Annual IMAs go to: www.IndependentMusicAwards.com. For more information about Mana Poly All-Stars, visit them online: www.myspace.com/manapolyallstars or contact Jillana S. AhLoe at (801)372-0309. Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:20:48 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Mana-Poly-All-Stars-brings-reggae-sound-to-8th-Annual-Independent-Music-Awards/BLOG/179221/5057.html Dubman 2009-02-06T23:20:48Z Reggae Dub and Reggae dot com Salt Lake City based Mana Poly All-Stars is among a diverse group of independent artists named as Winners of the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMA) program. Mana Poly All-Stars release “Gunshots” was named the winner of the Social Action Song category. Fusion reggae band, Mana Poly All-Stars, ingeniously combines sultry R&B vocal stylings with the prominent basslines and drum patterns of Jamaican reggae. “Gunshots” is a tale of two true life stories destroyed by senseless gun crimes and gang violence. Mana Poly All-Stars call all who hear this song to action—unite. In addition to many music award nominations, this IMA award is the second award won by this dynamic group. Their first victory was at the 5th Annual Orange County Music Awards in 2006. Reflecting the breadth of the independent music community, this year’s IMA Winners and Finalists were culled from thousands of submissions worldwide, including the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Cuba, China, Mongolia, Republic of Guinea, Israel, South Africa, Italy, France and Sweden. Additionally, they represent every level of experience including a variety of seasoned recording artists. A 50-person judging panel consisting of influential artists and industry decision makers including Peter Gabriel, Suzanne Vega, Roger Daltrey, George Jones, Buddy Guy, Keith Urban, James “Blood” Ulmer, Butch Walker, Paquito D’Rivera, Lee Ritenour, and others determined this year’s Winners in 50+ Music and Design categories. The following artists are among those who received Independent Music Awards alongside Mana Poly All-Stars this year: Martin Sexton (Live Performance Album), Jaime Lidell (Pop/Rock Album), Dan Zanes (Children’s Album), The Cute Lepers (Punk Album), April Smith (Pop/Rock Song), Sweatshop Union (Rap/ Hip-Hop Song), The Redwalls (College Label Release, Drexel University), Blackheart Records (Indie Label Web Site), Leerone (Music Video), The Trews (Hard Rock/ Metal Song), The Wilders (Alt. Country Album),Tony Trischka (Americana Album), Jeff Healey (Blues Album), Dengue Fever (World Fusion Album) and Lucy Wainwright Roche (Folk/ Singer-Songwriter Song). Additionally, many past IMA Winners and Finalists credit the program for boosting their profile with festival and club talent buyers, distributors, publishers, radio programmers, record label A&R and fans. Previous winners include Apples In Stereo, Koko Taylor, Lacuna Coil, Joan As Policewoman, Miguel Migs, Sugarcult, Chris Whitley, Richard Julian, Speech, Val Emmich, Hoots & Hellmouth, Bitter:Sweet, Jennifer Nettles, God Forbid, Mary Gauthier, Eleni Mandell, Girl In A Coma, The Mooney Suzuki, Phil Roy, Miko Marks and Kristy Kruger. For a complete list of program details and Judges for the 8th Annual IMAs go to: www.IndependentMusicAwards.com. For more information about Mana Poly All-Stars, visit them online: www.myspace.com/manapolyallstars or contact Jillana S. AhLoe at (801)372-0309. allstars, awards, fusion, gunshots, imas, independent, jamaican, mana, music, poly, randb, reggae nonadult false Mana Poly All-Stars brings reggae sound to 8th Annual Independent Music Awards text blog allstars,awards,fusion,gunshots,imas,independent,jamaican,mana,music,poly,randb,reggae 531 0 0.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States UT Salt Lake City 0 Reggae 0 179221 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Aswads-The-BBC-Sessions-2-disc-set-is-released/BLOG/172641/5057.html Punkcast.com recently announced the release of Aswad's The BBC Sessions 2-disc set. In addition to many known hits, the compilation includes 2 previously-unreleased tracks, Janice Strong and Cool Runnings Inna West Eleven. Punkcast describes the set as a compilation that "charts the rise to success of the West London reggae band who helped show the world what it meant to be a first generation Brit of Caribbean descent." Between 1976 and 1994, Aswad released 21 albums and several hits including Shine, Chasing For The Breeze, Don’t Turn Around, On and On, and 54-46 (What’s My Number). The full track listing includes: Disc 1 Pressure Ethiopian Rhapsody Back To Africa Natural Progression Behold Love Has It's Way It's Not Our Wish Pass The Cup Girl Has Got To Know African Children Love Fire African Children Recipe Roots Rocking Cool Runnins Inna West Eleven Area Disc 2 Rebel Soul Gave You My Love Chasing For The Breeze Candles Mercy Mercy Me Need Your Love 54-46 You Can't Show Me Janice Strong Pull Up Nuclear Crisis Wrapped Up Coolkuh Can't Get Over You Rebel Soul Don’t Turn Around On & On Shine You can purchase the album online at Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001NKQI8Y Aswad ("Black" in Arabic) are a long lasting British reggae group, that is noted for adding strong R&B and soul influences to the reggae sound. The original band members were Brinsley Forde, George Oban, Angus "Drummie Zeb" Gaye, and Donald Griffiths. Other contributors included Courtney Hemmings, Vin Gordon, Bongo Levi, and Karl Pitterson. Aswad's early songs about the opression of black youth in the UK, such as Three Babylon and It's Not Our Wish, and Warrior Charge, quickly made them one of the country's top reggae bands. Their fame continued to grow with their 1981 release of New Chapter, which led to Dennis Brown's use of Love Fire as a backing rhythm for his Promised Land track. Other hits include 1988's Don't Turn Around (later covered by Ace of Base), Give a Little Love, and Shine. Punkcast.com recently announced the release of Aswad's The BBC Sessions 2-disc set. In addition to many known hits, the compilation includes 2 previously-unreleased tracks, Janice Strong and Cool Runnings Inna West Eleven. Punkcast describes the set as a compilation that "charts the rise to success of the West London reggae band who helped show the world what it meant to be a first generation Brit of Caribbean descent." Between 1976 and 1994, Aswad released 21 albums and several hits including Shine, Chasing For The Breeze, Don’t Turn Around, On and On, and 54-46 (What’s My Number). The full track listing includes: Disc 1 Pressure Ethiopian Rhapsody Back To Africa Natural Progression Behold Love Has It's Way It's Not Our Wish Pass The Cup Girl Has Got To Know African Children Love Fire African Children Recipe Roots Rocking Cool Runnins Inna West Eleven Area Disc 2 Rebel Soul Gave You My Love Chasing For The Breeze Candles Mercy Mercy Me Need Your Love 54-46 You Can't Show Me Janice Strong Pull Up Nuclear Crisis Wrapped Up Coolkuh Can't Get Over You Rebel Soul Don’t Turn Around On & On Shine You can purchase the album online at Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001NKQI8Y Aswad ("Black" in Arabic) are a long lasting British reggae group, that is noted for adding strong R&B and soul influences to the reggae sound. The original band members were Brinsley Forde, George Oban, Angus "Drummie Zeb" Gaye, and Donald Griffiths. Other contributors included Courtney Hemmings, Vin Gordon, Bongo Levi, and Karl Pitterson. Aswad's early songs about the opression of black youth in the UK, such as Three Babylon and It's Not Our Wish, and Warrior Charge, quickly made them one of the country's top reggae bands. Their fame continued to grow with their 1981 release of New Chapter, which led to Dennis Brown's use of Love Fire as a backing rhythm for his Promised Land track. Other hits include 1988's Don't Turn Around (later covered by Ace of Base), Give a Little Love, and Shine. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:51:17 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Aswads-The-BBC-Sessions-2-disc-set-is-released/BLOG/172641/5057.html Dubman 2009-01-30T22:51:17Z Albums Dub and Reggae dot com Punkcast.com recently announced the release of Aswad's The BBC Sessions 2-disc set. In addition to many known hits, the compilation includes 2 previously-unreleased tracks, Janice Strong and Cool Runnings Inna West Eleven. Punkcast describes the set as a compilation that "charts the rise to success of the West London reggae band who helped show the world what it meant to be a first generation Brit of Caribbean descent." Between 1976 and 1994, Aswad released 21 albums and several hits including Shine, Chasing For The Breeze, Don’t Turn Around, On and On, and 54-46 (What’s My Number). The full track listing includes: Disc 1 Pressure Ethiopian Rhapsody Back To Africa Natural Progression Behold Love Has It's Way It's Not Our Wish Pass The Cup Girl Has Got To Know African Children Love Fire African Children Recipe Roots Rocking Cool Runnins Inna West Eleven Area Disc 2 Rebel Soul Gave You My Love Chasing For The Breeze Candles Mercy Mercy Me Need Your Love 54-46 You Can't Show Me Janice Strong Pull Up Nuclear Crisis Wrapped Up Coolkuh Can't Get Over You Rebel Soul Don’t Turn Around On & On Shine You can purchase the album online at Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001NKQI8Y Aswad ("Black" in Arabic) are a long lasting British reggae group, that is noted for adding strong R&B and soul influences to the reggae sound. The original band members were Brinsley Forde, George Oban, Angus "Drummie Zeb" Gaye, and Donald Griffiths. Other contributors included Courtney Hemmings, Vin Gordon, Bongo Levi, and Karl Pitterson. Aswad's early songs about the opression of black youth in the UK, such as Three Babylon and It's Not Our Wish, and Warrior Charge, quickly made them one of the country's top reggae bands. Their fame continued to grow with their 1981 release of New Chapter, which led to Dennis Brown's use of Love Fire as a backing rhythm for his Promised Land track. Other hits include 1988's Don't Turn Around (later covered by Ace of Base), Give a Little Love, and Shine. album, albums, aswad, bbc, brown, dennis, live, reggae nonadult false Aswad's The BBC Sessions 2-disc set is released text blog album,albums,aswad,bbc,brown,dennis,live,reggae 1157 0 0.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United Kingdom 0 Albums 0 172641 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Dubconscious-releases-NonViolent-with-4-bonus-tracks/BLOG/167228/5057.html [image]Yesterday DubConscious announced the release of their 5th studio album, NonViolent. The title was initially inspired by Marshall Rosenberg's work on "nonviolent communication" and grew to include concepts from nonviolent leaders, thinkers, & activists such as Ghandi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others. The band reports that they hope "to bring our own awareness back to this concept in an attempt to find peace, politically, socially, & otherwise." In partnership with Sound Tribe Sector Nine's 1320 records, DubConscious plans to support conservation of world resources by planning a green release for both digital and hard copy of the album. To purchase the album online, the greenest of options, visit 1320records.com and get 4 bonus tracks included with your download (not available on CD). As an additional concept, people who want to purchase the album from the band's tour can choose between a physical album or a download seedcard. Seedcards for the album come decorated with album art, printed with a download code, and after downloading the music can be planted to grow wildflowers that help sustain a dwindling honey bee population! The physical CD's are sans plastic wrap, packaged with recycled cardboard, and printed with soy-based ink. CD Release Party and Conscious Alliance On Friday, January 23, 2009 DubConscious will celebrate the release of NonViolent at the historic Variety Playhouse in Little Five Points of Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta Funk heroes Cadillac Jones and Athens GA's top DubStep DJ SeaDub support. In addition, Conscious Alliance will be collecting canned food in an effort to distribute food and resources to communities most in need, educate people about hunger, sustainability,and the issues facing American Indian Communities, create service-learning opportunities for youth on American Indian Reservations, facilitate the sustainable development of American Indian communities, mobilize resources for first response disaster relief. To help this cause, we will be selling posters of the show featuring a collaborative art piece by David Hale & Jeff Wood. Posters are in exchange for 15 cans of food (preferably organic) or $20. We hope to see you there. NonViolent Tour Dates Three new shows have been added to Dubconscious's NonViolent tour in Auburn, AL; Boone, NC; Tampa, FL; Raleigh, NC; and Blacksburg, VA. Updated tour dates include: Friday, January 23, 2009Variety PlayhouseAtlanta, GAtickets * facebook Saturday, January 24, 2009Crossroads CafeHuntsville, ALtickets: 256-513-6733 * facebook Wednesday, January 28, 2009The SocialOrlando, FLtickets * facebook Thursday, January 29, 2009Common GroundGainesville, FLtickets * facebook Friday, January 30, 2009Freebird LiveJacksonville Beach, FLtickets * facebook Saturday, January 31, 2009Engine RoomTallahassee, FLtickets: at door * facebook Thursday, February 5, 2009NEW SHOW!War Eagle Supper ClubAuburn, ALwebsite * facebook Friday, February 6, 2009527 Main StMurfreesboro, TNtickets: at door * facebook Saturday, February 7, 2009HandlebarGreenville, SCtickets * facebook Friday, February 13, 2009Bijou TheatreKnoxville, TNtickets: 877-523-2665 * facebook Saturday, February 14, 2009NEW SHOW!Dragonfly TheaterBoone, NCwebsite * facebook Friday, February 20, 2009NEW SHOW!Skippers SmokehouseTampa, FLtickets * facebook Thursday, February 26, 2009NEW SHOW!Lincoln TheatreRaleigh, NC Friday, February 27, 2009NEW SHOW!LanternBlacksburg, VA   Volunteer Dubconscious is looking for volunteers to hang some posters and help work the mailing list at these shows as well. If you can help with this in exchange for a ticket to the show, contact them via their website. [image]Yesterday DubConscious announced the release of their 5th studio album, NonViolent. The title was initially inspired by Marshall Rosenberg's work on "nonviolent communication" and grew to include concepts from nonviolent leaders, thinkers, & activists such as Ghandi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others. The band reports that they hope "to bring our own awareness back to this concept in an attempt to find peace, politically, socially, & otherwise." In partnership with Sound Tribe Sector Nine's 1320 records, DubConscious plans to support conservation of world resources by planning a green release for both digital and hard copy of the album. To purchase the album online, the greenest of options, visit 1320records.com and get 4 bonus tracks included with your download (not available on CD). As an additional concept, people who want to purchase the album from the band's tour can choose between a physical album or a download seedcard. Seedcards for the album come decorated with album art, printed with a download code, and after downloading the music can be planted to grow wildflowers that help sustain a dwindling honey bee population! The physical CD's are sans plastic wrap, packaged with recycled cardboard, and printed with soy-based ink. CD Release Party and Conscious Alliance On Friday, January 23, 2009 DubConscious will celebrate the release of NonViolent at the historic Variety Playhouse in Little Five Points of Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta Funk heroes Cadillac Jones and Athens GA's top DubStep DJ SeaDub support. In addition, Conscious Alliance will be collecting canned food in an effort to distribute food and resources to communities most in need, educate people about hunger, sustainability,and the issues facing American Indian Communities, create service-learning opportunities for youth on American Indian Reservations, facilitate the sustainable development of American Indian communities, mobilize resources for first response disaster relief. To help this cause, we will be selling posters of the show featuring a collaborative art piece by David Hale & Jeff Wood. Posters are in exchange for 15 cans of food (preferably organic) or $20. We hope to see you there. NonViolent Tour Dates Three new shows have been added to Dubconscious's NonViolent tour in Auburn, AL; Boone, NC; Tampa, FL; Raleigh, NC; and Blacksburg, VA. Updated tour dates include: Friday, January 23, 2009Variety PlayhouseAtlanta, GAtickets * facebook Saturday, January 24, 2009Crossroads CafeHuntsville, ALtickets: 256-513-6733 * facebook Wednesday, January 28, 2009The SocialOrlando, FLtickets * facebook Thursday, January 29, 2009Common GroundGainesville, FLtickets * facebook Friday, January 30, 2009Freebird LiveJacksonville Beach, FLtickets * facebook Saturday, January 31, 2009Engine RoomTallahassee, FLtickets: at door * facebook Thursday, February 5, 2009NEW SHOW!War Eagle Supper ClubAuburn, ALwebsite * facebook Friday, February 6, 2009527 Main StMurfreesboro, TNtickets: at door * facebook Saturday, February 7, 2009HandlebarGreenville, SCtickets * facebook Friday, February 13, 2009Bijou TheatreKnoxville, TNtickets: 877-523-2665 * facebook Saturday, February 14, 2009NEW SHOW!Dragonfly TheaterBoone, NCwebsite * facebook Friday, February 20, 2009NEW SHOW!Skippers SmokehouseTampa, FLtickets * facebook Thursday, February 26, 2009NEW SHOW!Lincoln TheatreRaleigh, NC Friday, February 27, 2009NEW SHOW!LanternBlacksburg, VA   Volunteer Dubconscious is looking for volunteers to hang some posters and help work the mailing list at these shows as well. If you can help with this in exchange for a ticket to the show, contact them via their website. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:39:13 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Dubconscious-releases-NonViolent-with-4-bonus-tracks/BLOG/167228/5057.html Dubman 2009-01-21T22:39:13Z Reggae Dub and Reggae dot com [image]Yesterday DubConscious announced the release of their 5th studio album, NonViolent. The title was initially inspired by Marshall Rosenberg's work on "nonviolent communication" and grew to include concepts from nonviolent leaders, thinkers, & activists such as Ghandi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others. The band reports that they hope "to bring our own awareness back to this concept in an attempt to find peace, politically, socially, & otherwise." In partnership with Sound Tribe Sector Nine's 1320 records, DubConscious plans to support conservation of world resources by planning a green release for both digital and hard copy of the album. To purchase the album online, the greenest of options, visit 1320records.com and get 4 bonus tracks included with your download (not available on CD). As an additional concept, people who want to purchase the album from the band's tour can choose between a physical album or a download seedcard. Seedcards for the album come decorated with album art, printed with a download code, and after downloading the music can be planted to grow wildflowers that help sustain a dwindling honey bee population! The physical CD's are sans plastic wrap, packaged with recycled cardboard, and printed with soy-based ink. CD Release Party and Conscious Alliance On Friday, January 23, 2009 DubConscious will celebrate the release of NonViolent at the historic Variety Playhouse in Little Five Points of Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta Funk heroes Cadillac Jones and Athens GA's top DubStep DJ SeaDub support. In addition, Conscious Alliance will be collecting canned food in an effort to distribute food and resources to communities most in need, educate people about hunger, sustainability,and the issues facing American Indian Communities, create service-learning opportunities for youth on American Indian Reservations, facilitate the sustainable development of American Indian communities, mobilize resources for first response disaster relief. To help this cause, we will be selling posters of the show featuring a collaborative art piece by David Hale & Jeff Wood. Posters are in exchange for 15 cans of food (preferably organic) or $20. We hope to see you there. NonViolent Tour Dates Three new shows have been added to Dubconscious's NonViolent tour in Auburn, AL; Boone, NC; Tampa, FL; Raleigh, NC; and Blacksburg, VA. Updated tour dates include: Friday, January 23, 2009Variety PlayhouseAtlanta, GAtickets * facebook Saturday, January 24, 2009Crossroads CafeHuntsville, ALtickets: 256-513-6733 * facebook Wednesday, January 28, 2009The SocialOrlando, FLtickets * facebook Thursday, January 29, 2009Common GroundGainesville, FLtickets * facebook Friday, January 30, 2009Freebird LiveJacksonville Beach, FLtickets * facebook Saturday, January 31, 2009Engine RoomTallahassee, FLtickets: at door * facebook Thursday, February 5, 2009NEW SHOW!War Eagle Supper ClubAuburn, ALwebsite * facebook Friday, February 6, 2009527 Main StMurfreesboro, TNtickets: at door * facebook Saturday, February 7, 2009HandlebarGreenville, SCtickets * facebook Friday, February 13, 2009Bijou TheatreKnoxville, TNtickets: 877-523-2665 * facebook Saturday, February 14, 2009NEW SHOW!Dragonfly TheaterBoone, NCwebsite * facebook Friday, February 20, 2009NEW SHOW!Skippers SmokehouseTampa, FLtickets * facebook Thursday, February 26, 2009NEW SHOW!Lincoln TheatreRaleigh, NC Friday, February 27, 2009NEW SHOW!LanternBlacksburg, VA   Volunteer Dubconscious is looking for volunteers to hang some posters and help work the mailing list at these shows as well. If you can help with this in exchange for a ticket to the show, contact them via their website. conscious, dub, dubconscious, nonviolent, protest, reggae, rock, roots nonadult false Dubconscious releases NonViolent with 4 bonus tracks text blog conscious,dub,dubconscious,nonviolent,protest,reggae,rock,roots 624 10 5.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States GA Athens 2 Reggae 0 167228 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Souldier-of-Fortune-free-dub-music-track/BLOG/162075/5057.html We just discovered Souldier of Fortune's Payaso, this free Souldier of Fortune dub track at Download.com. You can play it on the site or download it for free to your own computer. SoF's own website seems to be down, but there's more info about the band at GarageBand.com. Souldier of Fortune is a SoCal ska/reggae band that began in Tampa, Florida. The band members - Brandon Contreras, Nick Marks, and Cesar, Dori, and David Lopez - mix dub, reggae, ska, punk and hip hop sounds into a rhythmic SoCal blend that is popular in live shows throughout the United States and Mexico. "I want our music to be like the sweetest mixed tape ever created," says Nick Marks, Souldier of Fortune's lead singer. Influenced by other Southern California bands like Sublime, 311, Reel Big Fish, and LongBeachDubAllstars, their first big break came from an online battle of the bands hosted by Long Beach Records. Long Beach Records picked up Payaso for their 2003 compilation CD. As their popularity has grown, Souldier of Fortune has played with top California bands including The Ziggens, Long Beach Shortbus (formerly Sublime), Fishbone, Bargain Music, HB Surround Sounds, Fillibuster and others. Payaso was just one of the tracks from Nine More Miles, the band's 5-song EP.   We just discovered Souldier of Fortune's Payaso, this free Souldier of Fortune dub track at Download.com. You can play it on the site or download it for free to your own computer. SoF's own website seems to be down, but there's more info about the band at GarageBand.com. Souldier of Fortune is a SoCal ska/reggae band that began in Tampa, Florida. The band members - Brandon Contreras, Nick Marks, and Cesar, Dori, and David Lopez - mix dub, reggae, ska, punk and hip hop sounds into a rhythmic SoCal blend that is popular in live shows throughout the United States and Mexico. "I want our music to be like the sweetest mixed tape ever created," says Nick Marks, Souldier of Fortune's lead singer. Influenced by other Southern California bands like Sublime, 311, Reel Big Fish, and LongBeachDubAllstars, their first big break came from an online battle of the bands hosted by Long Beach Records. Long Beach Records picked up Payaso for their 2003 compilation CD. As their popularity has grown, Souldier of Fortune has played with top California bands including The Ziggens, Long Beach Shortbus (formerly Sublime), Fishbone, Bargain Music, HB Surround Sounds, Fillibuster and others. Payaso was just one of the tracks from Nine More Miles, the band's 5-song EP.   Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:02:51 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Souldier-of-Fortune-free-dub-music-track/BLOG/162075/5057.html Dubman 2009-01-12T19:02:51Z Ska Dub and Reggae dot com We just discovered Souldier of Fortune's Payaso, this free Souldier of Fortune dub track at Download.com. You can play it on the site or download it for free to your own computer. SoF's own website seems to be down, but there's more info about the band at GarageBand.com. Souldier of Fortune is a SoCal ska/reggae band that began in Tampa, Florida. The band members - Brandon Contreras, Nick Marks, and Cesar, Dori, and David Lopez - mix dub, reggae, ska, punk and hip hop sounds into a rhythmic SoCal blend that is popular in live shows throughout the United States and Mexico. "I want our music to be like the sweetest mixed tape ever created," says Nick Marks, Souldier of Fortune's lead singer. Influenced by other Southern California bands like Sublime, 311, Reel Big Fish, and LongBeachDubAllstars, their first big break came from an online battle of the bands hosted by Long Beach Records. Long Beach Records picked up Payaso for their 2003 compilation CD. As their popularity has grown, Souldier of Fortune has played with top California bands including The Ziggens, Long Beach Shortbus (formerly Sublime), Fishbone, Bargain Music, HB Surround Sounds, Fillibuster and others. Payaso was just one of the tracks from Nine More Miles, the band's 5-song EP.   311, beach, big, download, dub, fish, fortune, free, long, punk, reel, ska, souldier, sublime nonadult false Souldier of Fortune - free dub music track text blog 311,beach,big,download,dub,fish,fortune,free,long,punk,reel,ska,souldier,sublime 1060 10 4.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States CA Dog Beach 0 Ska 0 162075 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_King-Django-vinyl-and-more-reggae-releases-announced-by-Stubbord-Records/BLOG/161816/5057.html Stubborn Records has announced the forthcoming release of King Django's Avenue A EP on 45rpm 10" vinyl. They expect the albums to be available in 2 weeks and are offering a $3 early bird discount for orders now. In addition to King Django, Stubborn Records also has CD from The Impalers, The Aggrolites, Bang Matu & Orquesta Kingston, Yellowman & Fathead, Judge Dread, Version City Rockers, and Rocker T, among their 900 ska, rocksteady, roots, and dub items in stock. Stubborn Records was founded by King Django in 1992 and remains a DIY label focusing on east coast US ska and reggae. Begun as an outlet for Django and his friends' music, the label began carrying music for worldwide sources in 2003. In 2006, Django started the Version City label in Kingston, Jamaica for vinyl releases. Stubborn Records has announced the forthcoming release of King Django's Avenue A EP on 45rpm 10" vinyl. They expect the albums to be available in 2 weeks and are offering a $3 early bird discount for orders now. In addition to King Django, Stubborn Records also has CD from The Impalers, The Aggrolites, Bang Matu & Orquesta Kingston, Yellowman & Fathead, Judge Dread, Version City Rockers, and Rocker T, among their 900 ska, rocksteady, roots, and dub items in stock. Stubborn Records was founded by King Django in 1992 and remains a DIY label focusing on east coast US ska and reggae. Begun as an outlet for Django and his friends' music, the label began carrying music for worldwide sources in 2003. In 2006, Django started the Version City label in Kingston, Jamaica for vinyl releases. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:26:19 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_King-Django-vinyl-and-more-reggae-releases-announced-by-Stubbord-Records/BLOG/161816/5057.html Dubman 2009-01-12T02:26:19Z Reggae Dub and Reggae dot com Stubborn Records has announced the forthcoming release of King Django's Avenue A EP on 45rpm 10" vinyl. They expect the albums to be available in 2 weeks and are offering a $3 early bird discount for orders now. In addition to King Django, Stubborn Records also has CD from The Impalers, The Aggrolites, Bang Matu & Orquesta Kingston, Yellowman & Fathead, Judge Dread, Version City Rockers, and Rocker T, among their 900 ska, rocksteady, roots, and dub items in stock. Stubborn Records was founded by King Django in 1992 and remains a DIY label focusing on east coast US ska and reggae. Begun as an outlet for Django and his friends' music, the label began carrying music for worldwide sources in 2003. In 2006, Django started the Version City label in Kingston, Jamaica for vinyl releases. aggrolites, album, bang, city, django, dread, dub, fathead, impalers, judge, KING, matu, records, reggae, rockers, rocksteady, roots, ska, stubborn, version, vinyl, yellowman nonadult false King Django vinyl and more reggae releases announced by Stubbord Records text blog aggrolites,album,bang,city,django,dread,dub,fathead,impalers,judge,KING,matu,records,reggae,rockers,rocksteady,roots,ska,stubborn,version,vinyl,yellowman 813 0 0.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States NY 0 Reggae 0 161816 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Mavado-track-with-riddim-and-free-ringtone-from-VP-Reggae/BLOG/161810/5057.html VP Reggae has just announced the availability of Mavado's I'm So Special for exclusive download at Planet Reggae for only $1.98 USD. You can get the track here. Mavado, AKA David Constantine Brooks, is one of Jamaica's premier dancehall artists. They're also offering a free Mavado reggae ringtone if you text JOINVP to 30303 (note that normal carrier rates will apply). These 2 offers are only available for a limited time and are exclusive to members of VPRecords.com, PlanetReggae.com and VPReggae.com, so you may have to join their mailing list to get access. (You should join their list anyway, because they provide these kinds of offers pretty frequently.) VP Reggae has just announced the availability of Mavado's I'm So Special for exclusive download at Planet Reggae for only $1.98 USD. You can get the track here. Mavado, AKA David Constantine Brooks, is one of Jamaica's premier dancehall artists. They're also offering a free Mavado reggae ringtone if you text JOINVP to 30303 (note that normal carrier rates will apply). These 2 offers are only available for a limited time and are exclusive to members of VPRecords.com, PlanetReggae.com and VPReggae.com, so you may have to join their mailing list to get access. (You should join their list anyway, because they provide these kinds of offers pretty frequently.) Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:12:01 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Mavado-track-with-riddim-and-free-ringtone-from-VP-Reggae/BLOG/161810/5057.html Dubman 2009-01-12T02:12:01Z Dancehall Dub and Reggae dot com VP Reggae has just announced the availability of Mavado's I'm So Special for exclusive download at Planet Reggae for only $1.98 USD. You can get the track here. Mavado, AKA David Constantine Brooks, is one of Jamaica's premier dancehall artists. They're also offering a free Mavado reggae ringtone if you text JOINVP to 30303 (note that normal carrier rates will apply). These 2 offers are only available for a limited time and are exclusive to members of VPRecords.com, PlanetReggae.com and VPReggae.com, so you may have to join their mailing list to get access. (You should join their list anyway, because they provide these kinds of offers pretty frequently.) dancehall, free, mavado, planet, reggae, ringtone, special, vpreggae nonadult false Mavado track with riddim and free ringtone from VP Reggae text blog dancehall,free,mavado,planet,reggae,ringtone,special,vpreggae 1671 1 5.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false Jamaica Kingston 1 Dancehall 0 161810 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_9th-Annual-Chinese-New-Year-Celebration-in-Negril-Jamaica/BLOG/146450/5057.html I received an alert from CHNY.org that they are planning a huge Chinese New Year celebration in Negril, Jamaica from January 24th through the 31st. The event will apparently include multiple concerts with: CULTURE featuring Kenyatta Hill The Overtakers Little Feat guitarists Fred Tackett and Paul Barrere Acoustic Syndicate Larry Keel & Natural Bridge Josh Phillips Folk Festival Laura Reed & Deep Pocket Snake Oil Medicine Show CX-1 fire performers, and dragon parades. Attendees will also be able to participate in community events such as the Friends of the West End Kids Fair, an Orphanage Concert at West Haven Children's Home for the Disabled in the mountains; and an Art, Music, and Play Donation Drive for several Jamaican schools and West Haven Children's Home. More info from CHNY: Packages include passes to all concerts, community events, round trip airport transfer from Montego Bay to Negril, bus trip into mountains to visit West Haven, catamaran ride to a private secluded cove to snorkel & swim and enjoy a dinner buffet and open bar, t-shirt, orientation & tropical fruit buffet with mimosas, orientation travel packet mailed to your home before the trip, on-ground hospitality, and more. Guests are encouraged to support the West End community through attending events such as a variety show and crafts fair by the Divers Village Girls Club, a Bingo Block Party by Positive Vibrations, and the Love in the Yard party by Rough House. Packages are available both with and without accommodations. Accommodation packages are limited and selling fast! Robert & Julia Roskind and the Gathering of the Peacemakers are joining the Ripple Effect! Roskind has authored many books including Rasta Heart : A Journey Into One Love and has produced over 50 commercial free events that focused media attention on nonviolence in Jamaica through One Love, community reasonings, and Reggae music. Visit www.rastaheart.com for more information. The Ripple Effect's combined donation drive with Little Feat continues and we have added another international act to our donation drive to be announced Nov 1st at our website. Proceeds from The Ripple Effect CHNY2k9 support DeepBlueRipple International Inc. - Partnering with communities to provide art, music, and play to disadvantaged youth. For the schedule of events, to purchase a package, or to learn more, visit CHNY.org. I received an alert from CHNY.org that they are planning a huge Chinese New Year celebration in Negril, Jamaica from January 24th through the 31st. The event will apparently include multiple concerts with: CULTURE featuring Kenyatta Hill The Overtakers Little Feat guitarists Fred Tackett and Paul Barrere Acoustic Syndicate Larry Keel & Natural Bridge Josh Phillips Folk Festival Laura Reed & Deep Pocket Snake Oil Medicine Show CX-1 fire performers, and dragon parades. Attendees will also be able to participate in community events such as the Friends of the West End Kids Fair, an Orphanage Concert at West Haven Children's Home for the Disabled in the mountains; and an Art, Music, and Play Donation Drive for several Jamaican schools and West Haven Children's Home. More info from CHNY: Packages include passes to all concerts, community events, round trip airport transfer from Montego Bay to Negril, bus trip into mountains to visit West Haven, catamaran ride to a private secluded cove to snorkel & swim and enjoy a dinner buffet and open bar, t-shirt, orientation & tropical fruit buffet with mimosas, orientation travel packet mailed to your home before the trip, on-ground hospitality, and more. Guests are encouraged to support the West End community through attending events such as a variety show and crafts fair by the Divers Village Girls Club, a Bingo Block Party by Positive Vibrations, and the Love in the Yard party by Rough House. Packages are available both with and without accommodations. Accommodation packages are limited and selling fast! Robert & Julia Roskind and the Gathering of the Peacemakers are joining the Ripple Effect! Roskind has authored many books including Rasta Heart : A Journey Into One Love and has produced over 50 commercial free events that focused media attention on nonviolence in Jamaica through One Love, community reasonings, and Reggae music. Visit www.rastaheart.com for more information. The Ripple Effect's combined donation drive with Little Feat continues and we have added another international act to our donation drive to be announced Nov 1st at our website. Proceeds from The Ripple Effect CHNY2k9 support DeepBlueRipple International Inc. - Partnering with communities to provide art, music, and play to disadvantaged youth. For the schedule of events, to purchase a package, or to learn more, visit CHNY.org. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:48:43 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_9th-Annual-Chinese-New-Year-Celebration-in-Negril-Jamaica/BLOG/146450/5057.html Dubman 2008-12-03T00:48:43Z Jamaica Dub and Reggae dot com I received an alert from CHNY.org that they are planning a huge Chinese New Year celebration in Negril, Jamaica from January 24th through the 31st. The event will apparently include multiple concerts with: CULTURE featuring Kenyatta Hill The Overtakers Little Feat guitarists Fred Tackett and Paul Barrere Acoustic Syndicate Larry Keel & Natural Bridge Josh Phillips Folk Festival Laura Reed & Deep Pocket Snake Oil Medicine Show CX-1 fire performers, and dragon parades. Attendees will also be able to participate in community events such as the Friends of the West End Kids Fair, an Orphanage Concert at West Haven Children's Home for the Disabled in the mountains; and an Art, Music, and Play Donation Drive for several Jamaican schools and West Haven Children's Home. More info from CHNY: Packages include passes to all concerts, community events, round trip airport transfer from Montego Bay to Negril, bus trip into mountains to visit West Haven, catamaran ride to a private secluded cove to snorkel & swim and enjoy a dinner buffet and open bar, t-shirt, orientation & tropical fruit buffet with mimosas, orientation travel packet mailed to your home before the trip, on-ground hospitality, and more. Guests are encouraged to support the West End community through attending events such as a variety show and crafts fair by the Divers Village Girls Club, a Bingo Block Party by Positive Vibrations, and the Love in the Yard party by Rough House. Packages are available both with and without accommodations. Accommodation packages are limited and selling fast! Robert & Julia Roskind and the Gathering of the Peacemakers are joining the Ripple Effect! Roskind has authored many books including Rasta Heart : A Journey Into One Love and has produced over 50 commercial free events that focused media attention on nonviolence in Jamaica through One Love, community reasonings, and Reggae music. Visit www.rastaheart.com for more information. The Ripple Effect's combined donation drive with Little Feat continues and we have added another international act to our donation drive to be announced Nov 1st at our website. Proceeds from The Ripple Effect CHNY2k9 support DeepBlueRipple International Inc. - Partnering with communities to provide art, music, and play to disadvantaged youth. For the schedule of events, to purchase a package, or to learn more, visit CHNY.org. jamaica nonadult false 9th Annual Chinese New Year Celebration in Negril, Jamaica text blog jamaica 906 0 0.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false Jamaica Negril 0 Jamaica 0 146450 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Free-download-Hotdrops-The-Secret-Dubs-EP/BLOG/144424/5057.html Madrid-based Hotdrop has recently released a new 6 track EP for free download at www.aquietbump.com. The collection consists of 5 soulful roots dub tracks the Spanish group, plus 1 remix from jambassa. Hotdrop began in the winter of 2004, in dark rehearsal rooms of Madrid's suburbs, where the irresistible attraction of Jamaican rhythms led these reggae lovers to form a dub reggae band. The lineup has changed several times in the intervening year, until their first album, Ready was released on Lafamille in 2007. Hotdrop's sound fuses the tones of ruff 70s’ reggae producers like Derrick Harriott, Castro Brown, and Dennis Bovell with funk and soulful beats, wrapped in a sweet dub blanket. They have toured throughout Span, opening for better-known artists such as Toots Hibbert, Slackers, Baba Toure, and the Heptones. aquietbump is a (net)label based in southern italy, launched in 2005. Aqbmp produces multimedia focused on trip hop, dub, ambient, and hiphop styles. The site also offers 4 other albums for download. All releases are freely downloadable under creative commons licenses. Enjoy the vibes! DESCARGA GRATUITA / FREE DOWNLOAD ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Original post from the author: ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| A Quiet Bump presenta: Hotdrop "The Secret Dubs" Ep Por fín está en la calle, o mejor dicho en la red, el nuevo EP de la madrileña banda Hotdrop llamado "The Secret Dubs"; un recopilatorio de dubs inéditos, remixes y alguna sorpresa más, 5 temas llenos de soulful reggae dub, más un remix. Gracias a A Quiet Bump, una (net)label del sur de Italia de trip hop, dub, ambient y hiphop, te lo puedes descargar gratuitamente aquí. Esperemos que os guste, a parte os podéis descargar muy buena música de esta (net)label, os animamos a explorar su web. www.aquietbump.com Bajo licencia Creative Commons. DESCARGA GRATUITA / FREE DOWNLOAD Madrid-based Hotdrop has recently released a new 6 track EP for free download at www.aquietbump.com. The collection consists of 5 soulful roots dub tracks the Spanish group, plus 1 remix from jambassa. Hotdrop began in the winter of 2004, in dark rehearsal rooms of Madrid's suburbs, where the irresistible attraction of Jamaican rhythms led these reggae lovers to form a dub reggae band. The lineup has changed several times in the intervening year, until their first album, Ready was released on Lafamille in 2007. Hotdrop's sound fuses the tones of ruff 70s’ reggae producers like Derrick Harriott, Castro Brown, and Dennis Bovell with funk and soulful beats, wrapped in a sweet dub blanket. They have toured throughout Span, opening for better-known artists such as Toots Hibbert, Slackers, Baba Toure, and the Heptones. aquietbump is a (net)label based in southern italy, launched in 2005. Aqbmp produces multimedia focused on trip hop, dub, ambient, and hiphop styles. The site also offers 4 other albums for download. All releases are freely downloadable under creative commons licenses. Enjoy the vibes! DESCARGA GRATUITA / FREE DOWNLOAD ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Original post from the author: ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| A Quiet Bump presenta: Hotdrop "The Secret Dubs" Ep Por fín está en la calle, o mejor dicho en la red, el nuevo EP de la madrileña banda Hotdrop llamado "The Secret Dubs"; un recopilatorio de dubs inéditos, remixes y alguna sorpresa más, 5 temas llenos de soulful reggae dub, más un remix. Gracias a A Quiet Bump, una (net)label del sur de Italia de trip hop, dub, ambient y hiphop, te lo puedes descargar gratuitamente aquí. Esperemos que os guste, a parte os podéis descargar muy buena música de esta (net)label, os animamos a explorar su web. www.aquietbump.com Bajo licencia Creative Commons. DESCARGA GRATUITA / FREE DOWNLOAD Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:39:50 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Free-download-Hotdrops-The-Secret-Dubs-EP/BLOG/144424/5057.html Dubman 2008-11-25T23:39:50Z Albums Dub and Reggae dot com Madrid-based Hotdrop has recently released a new 6 track EP for free download at www.aquietbump.com. The collection consists of 5 soulful roots dub tracks the Spanish group, plus 1 remix from jambassa. Hotdrop began in the winter of 2004, in dark rehearsal rooms of Madrid's suburbs, where the irresistible attraction of Jamaican rhythms led these reggae lovers to form a dub reggae band. The lineup has changed several times in the intervening year, until their first album, Ready was released on Lafamille in 2007. Hotdrop's sound fuses the tones of ruff 70s’ reggae producers like Derrick Harriott, Castro Brown, and Dennis Bovell with funk and soulful beats, wrapped in a sweet dub blanket. They have toured throughout Span, opening for better-known artists such as Toots Hibbert, Slackers, Baba Toure, and the Heptones. aquietbump is a (net)label based in southern italy, launched in 2005. Aqbmp produces multimedia focused on trip hop, dub, ambient, and hiphop styles. The site also offers 4 other albums for download. All releases are freely downloadable under creative commons licenses. Enjoy the vibes! DESCARGA GRATUITA / FREE DOWNLOAD ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Original post from the author: ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| A Quiet Bump presenta: Hotdrop "The Secret Dubs" Ep Por fín está en la calle, o mejor dicho en la red, el nuevo EP de la madrileña banda Hotdrop llamado "The Secret Dubs"; un recopilatorio de dubs inéditos, remixes y alguna sorpresa más, 5 temas llenos de soulful reggae dub, más un remix. Gracias a A Quiet Bump, una (net)label del sur de Italia de trip hop, dub, ambient y hiphop, te lo puedes descargar gratuitamente aquí. Esperemos que os guste, a parte os podéis descargar muy buena música de esta (net)label, os animamos a explorar su web. www.aquietbump.com Bajo licencia Creative Commons. DESCARGA GRATUITA / FREE DOWNLOAD albums, baba, bovell, brown, castro, dennis, derrick, download, dub, free, harriott, heptones, hibbert, lafamille, madrid, roots, slackers, soul, toots, toure nonadult false Free download: Hotdrop's The Secret Dubs EP text blog albums,baba,bovell,brown,castro,dennis,derrick,download,dub,free,harriott,heptones,hibbert,lafamille,madrid,roots,slackers,soul,toots,toure 2230 10 5.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false Spain Madrid 0 Albums 2 144424 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Greensleeves-reggae-label-finally-posts-a-profit/BLOG/143731/5057.html [image]Greensleeves Records and Publishing, the Middlesex, UK-based reggae recording label, reported it's first profit in years. Greensleeves' new president Olivier Chastain, explained that the profits were due to increased sales and business improvements such as office consolidations, outsourced distribution, and reissuing sections of the label's back catalog. The news is seen as a possible revival in a previously-shrinking reggae industry. "The main focus has been to improve sales and marketing. This has brought the company back to profitability since June (even though we have a lot of liabilities dating back to [our previous ownership by UK-based Zest Group] to cover)," said Chastain in an exclusive interview with Splash. The declaration was made a mere 5 months after rival VP Records acquired Greensleeves from the Zest Group in February 2008. Zest sold Greensleeves at a loss of £738,000 since it's purchase of the label in 2006, even though the Greensleeves catalog had grown during the 2 years of ownership. Administrative costs led to much of the label's losses under Zest; as part of the VP acquisition, Greensleeve's US and Japan offices were merged with VP. Chastain himself was previously the head of marketing at VP and was promoted to his new role during the labels' merger. Greensleeves is the world's largest reggae publisher, selling reggae hits in the US, Japan, France, Germany, Benelux, Canada and Scandinavia. The label's back catalogue includes 400 albums and 900 singles, and they intend to reissue as many as possible, according to Chastain: "We invested in a major catalogue reissue programme to ensure that all of the back-catalogue is available for sale; we started putting out new products such as Fantan Mojah's new album or Sizzla's Best Of." The Greensleeves hit list is long and growing: in addition to past successes such as Elephant Man's first 3 albums, Ward 21, and Vybz Kartel's 2004 debut, the label has signed new deals with current reggae and dancehall artistes such as Busy Signal and Etana. Chastain is cautiously optimistic about the label's turnaround, declaring that "it will take a year or so to start seeing concrete results but the early signs are extremely positive. On the music publishing front, we signed a lot of writers to Greensleeves Publishing (Llamar Brown, Busy Signal, Etana, Shane Brown, Fantan Mojah, Demarco, to name a few), changed some of our administration deals internationally, invested heavily in marketing the catalogue and changed our internal computer/royalty management software." The infusion of Queens, New York-based VP Records' strong management style seems to be living up to their slogan of "Miles Ahead in Reggae Music." VP Records also owns the 17 North Parade label that has made frequent appearances on this site. Via the Jamaica Observer. [image]Greensleeves Records and Publishing, the Middlesex, UK-based reggae recording label, reported it's first profit in years. Greensleeves' new president Olivier Chastain, explained that the profits were due to increased sales and business improvements such as office consolidations, outsourced distribution, and reissuing sections of the label's back catalog. The news is seen as a possible revival in a previously-shrinking reggae industry. "The main focus has been to improve sales and marketing. This has brought the company back to profitability since June (even though we have a lot of liabilities dating back to [our previous ownership by UK-based Zest Group] to cover)," said Chastain in an exclusive interview with Splash. The declaration was made a mere 5 months after rival VP Records acquired Greensleeves from the Zest Group in February 2008. Zest sold Greensleeves at a loss of £738,000 since it's purchase of the label in 2006, even though the Greensleeves catalog had grown during the 2 years of ownership. Administrative costs led to much of the label's losses under Zest; as part of the VP acquisition, Greensleeve's US and Japan offices were merged with VP. Chastain himself was previously the head of marketing at VP and was promoted to his new role during the labels' merger. Greensleeves is the world's largest reggae publisher, selling reggae hits in the US, Japan, France, Germany, Benelux, Canada and Scandinavia. The label's back catalogue includes 400 albums and 900 singles, and they intend to reissue as many as possible, according to Chastain: "We invested in a major catalogue reissue programme to ensure that all of the back-catalogue is available for sale; we started putting out new products such as Fantan Mojah's new album or Sizzla's Best Of." The Greensleeves hit list is long and growing: in addition to past successes such as Elephant Man's first 3 albums, Ward 21, and Vybz Kartel's 2004 debut, the label has signed new deals with current reggae and dancehall artistes such as Busy Signal and Etana. Chastain is cautiously optimistic about the label's turnaround, declaring that "it will take a year or so to start seeing concrete results but the early signs are extremely positive. On the music publishing front, we signed a lot of writers to Greensleeves Publishing (Llamar Brown, Busy Signal, Etana, Shane Brown, Fantan Mojah, Demarco, to name a few), changed some of our administration deals internationally, invested heavily in marketing the catalogue and changed our internal computer/royalty management software." The infusion of Queens, New York-based VP Records' strong management style seems to be living up to their slogan of "Miles Ahead in Reggae Music." VP Records also owns the 17 North Parade label that has made frequent appearances on this site. Via the Jamaica Observer. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:03:38 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Greensleeves-reggae-label-finally-posts-a-profit/BLOG/143731/5057.html Dubman 2008-11-24T03:03:38Z Albums Dub and Reggae dot com [image]Greensleeves Records and Publishing, the Middlesex, UK-based reggae recording label, reported it's first profit in years. Greensleeves' new president Olivier Chastain, explained that the profits were due to increased sales and business improvements such as office consolidations, outsourced distribution, and reissuing sections of the label's back catalog. The news is seen as a possible revival in a previously-shrinking reggae industry. "The main focus has been to improve sales and marketing. This has brought the company back to profitability since June (even though we have a lot of liabilities dating back to [our previous ownership by UK-based Zest Group] to cover)," said Chastain in an exclusive interview with Splash. The declaration was made a mere 5 months after rival VP Records acquired Greensleeves from the Zest Group in February 2008. Zest sold Greensleeves at a loss of £738,000 since it's purchase of the label in 2006, even though the Greensleeves catalog had grown during the 2 years of ownership. Administrative costs led to much of the label's losses under Zest; as part of the VP acquisition, Greensleeve's US and Japan offices were merged with VP. Chastain himself was previously the head of marketing at VP and was promoted to his new role during the labels' merger. Greensleeves is the world's largest reggae publisher, selling reggae hits in the US, Japan, France, Germany, Benelux, Canada and Scandinavia. The label's back catalogue includes 400 albums and 900 singles, and they intend to reissue as many as possible, according to Chastain: "We invested in a major catalogue reissue programme to ensure that all of the back-catalogue is available for sale; we started putting out new products such as Fantan Mojah's new album or Sizzla's Best Of." The Greensleeves hit list is long and growing: in addition to past successes such as Elephant Man's first 3 albums, Ward 21, and Vybz Kartel's 2004 debut, the label has signed new deals with current reggae and dancehall artistes such as Busy Signal and Etana. Chastain is cautiously optimistic about the label's turnaround, declaring that "it will take a year or so to start seeing concrete results but the early signs are extremely positive. On the music publishing front, we signed a lot of writers to Greensleeves Publishing (Llamar Brown, Busy Signal, Etana, Shane Brown, Fantan Mojah, Demarco, to name a few), changed some of our administration deals internationally, invested heavily in marketing the catalogue and changed our internal computer/royalty management software." The infusion of Queens, New York-based VP Records' strong management style seems to be living up to their slogan of "Miles Ahead in Reggae Music." VP Records also owns the 17 North Parade label that has made frequent appearances on this site. Via the Jamaica Observer. 17north, albums, brown, busy, demarco, elephant, etana, fantan, greensleeves, kartel, label, llamar, man, mojah, north, parade, publishing, records, shane, signal, sizzla, vprecords, vybz, ward nonadult false Greensleeves reggae label finally posts a profit text blog 17north,albums,brown,busy,demarco,elephant,etana,fantan,greensleeves,kartel,label,llamar,man,mojah,north,parade,publishing,records,shane,signal,sizzla,vprecords,vybz,ward 1636 10 5.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United Kingdom Middlesex 0 Albums 0 143731 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Zedas-Beat-Box-releases-Seven-their-2nd-rock-reggae/BLOG/143727/5057.html [image]Zeda's Beat Box, the rising Jewish rock reggae group, will celebrate their second CD - Seven - release at Cicero's on Friday December 19 at 6:30PM in St. Louis Missouri. They'll also give free copies of the new 8-song CD to everyone at the show. Zeda’s Beat Box furst appeared on the St. Louis rock scene with the 2008 release of their 4-song EP Kabbalat Shabbat. The first album, described as "Jewish music for the masses," received strong reviews from local music press. Their second release, which blends roots reggae with and 80’s new wave rick sound, promises to create an even larger fan base within the Jewish community and throughout more secular audiences. Bay Area producer, DJ Bradelectro, describes the music as “a cross between Bob Marley, The Clash and Fiddler on the Roof”. Zeda's Beat Box is a new group, formed in January of 2007 by Dave Simon and 4 teenagers who participated in his Dave Simon's Rock School's band program. The event will feature strong religious themes as bloggers from The St. Lou Jew (www.stloujew.blogspot.com) will light the Sabbath candles and sing Sabbath songs from the stage. Event DetailsDate: Friday December 19, 2008Place: Cicero’s at 6691 Delmar, St. Louis, MOCost: $10.00 at the doorTime: 6:30 PMAll ages welcome! To hear Zeda’s Beat Box debut CD “Kabbalat Shabbat”visit www.myspace.com/zedasbeatbox [image]Zeda's Beat Box, the rising Jewish rock reggae group, will celebrate their second CD - Seven - release at Cicero's on Friday December 19 at 6:30PM in St. Louis Missouri. They'll also give free copies of the new 8-song CD to everyone at the show. Zeda’s Beat Box furst appeared on the St. Louis rock scene with the 2008 release of their 4-song EP Kabbalat Shabbat. The first album, described as "Jewish music for the masses," received strong reviews from local music press. Their second release, which blends roots reggae with and 80’s new wave rick sound, promises to create an even larger fan base within the Jewish community and throughout more secular audiences. Bay Area producer, DJ Bradelectro, describes the music as “a cross between Bob Marley, The Clash and Fiddler on the Roof”. Zeda's Beat Box is a new group, formed in January of 2007 by Dave Simon and 4 teenagers who participated in his Dave Simon's Rock School's band program. The event will feature strong religious themes as bloggers from The St. Lou Jew (www.stloujew.blogspot.com) will light the Sabbath candles and sing Sabbath songs from the stage. Event DetailsDate: Friday December 19, 2008Place: Cicero’s at 6691 Delmar, St. Louis, MOCost: $10.00 at the doorTime: 6:30 PMAll ages welcome! To hear Zeda’s Beat Box debut CD “Kabbalat Shabbat”visit www.myspace.com/zedasbeatbox Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:19:11 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Zedas-Beat-Box-releases-Seven-their-2nd-rock-reggae/BLOG/143727/5057.html Dubman 2008-11-24T02:19:11Z Live shows Dub and Reggae dot com [image]Zeda's Beat Box, the rising Jewish rock reggae group, will celebrate their second CD - Seven - release at Cicero's on Friday December 19 at 6:30PM in St. Louis Missouri. They'll also give free copies of the new 8-song CD to everyone at the show. Zeda’s Beat Box furst appeared on the St. Louis rock scene with the 2008 release of their 4-song EP Kabbalat Shabbat. The first album, described as "Jewish music for the masses," received strong reviews from local music press. Their second release, which blends roots reggae with and 80’s new wave rick sound, promises to create an even larger fan base within the Jewish community and throughout more secular audiences. Bay Area producer, DJ Bradelectro, describes the music as “a cross between Bob Marley, The Clash and Fiddler on the Roof”. Zeda's Beat Box is a new group, formed in January of 2007 by Dave Simon and 4 teenagers who participated in his Dave Simon's Rock School's band program. The event will feature strong religious themes as bloggers from The St. Lou Jew (www.stloujew.blogspot.com) will light the Sabbath candles and sing Sabbath songs from the stage. Event DetailsDate: Friday December 19, 2008Place: Cicero’s at 6691 Delmar, St. Louis, MOCost: $10.00 at the doorTime: 6:30 PMAll ages welcome! To hear Zeda’s Beat Box debut CD “Kabbalat Shabbat”visit www.myspace.com/zedasbeatbox beat, bob, box, jewish, live shows, marley, reggae, rock, roots, seven, zedas nonadult false Zeda's Beat Box releases Seven, their 2nd rock reggae text blog beat,bob,box,jewish,live shows,marley,reggae,rock,roots,seven,zedas 845 11 4.09091 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States MO St, Louis 1 Live shows 1 143727 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Reggae-in-a-Babylon-movie-playing-at-BAM-Brooklyn-Academy-of-Music/BLOG/143173/5057.html [image]On Sunday, November 23 at 4:30 and 9:15pm, BAM is playing the 1978 film Reggae in a Babylon, directed by Wolfgang Buld. The BAM website reports: Were reggae not introduced to Britain’s music scene, we might not have seen the birth of ska, which blends reggae and punk, amongst other genres. From the warm, sandy beaches of Jamaica to the craggy cliffs of Britain’s shores, Reggae in a Babylon charts the spread and subsequent influence of reggae in England by documenting acts such as Steel Pulse and Jimmy Lindsay. This movie is Part of the BAMcinematek series Punk 'n' Pie. [image]On Sunday, November 23 at 4:30 and 9:15pm, BAM is playing the 1978 film Reggae in a Babylon, directed by Wolfgang Buld. The BAM website reports: Were reggae not introduced to Britain’s music scene, we might not have seen the birth of ska, which blends reggae and punk, amongst other genres. From the warm, sandy beaches of Jamaica to the craggy cliffs of Britain’s shores, Reggae in a Babylon charts the spread and subsequent influence of reggae in England by documenting acts such as Steel Pulse and Jimmy Lindsay. This movie is Part of the BAMcinematek series Punk 'n' Pie. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:51:31 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Reggae-in-a-Babylon-movie-playing-at-BAM-Brooklyn-Academy-of-Music/BLOG/143173/5057.html Dubman 2008-11-21T22:51:31Z Reggae Dub and Reggae dot com [image]On Sunday, November 23 at 4:30 and 9:15pm, BAM is playing the 1978 film Reggae in a Babylon, directed by Wolfgang Buld. The BAM website reports: Were reggae not introduced to Britain’s music scene, we might not have seen the birth of ska, which blends reggae and punk, amongst other genres. From the warm, sandy beaches of Jamaica to the craggy cliffs of Britain’s shores, Reggae in a Babylon charts the spread and subsequent influence of reggae in England by documenting acts such as Steel Pulse and Jimmy Lindsay. This movie is Part of the BAMcinematek series Punk 'n' Pie. babylon, bam, britain, england, jamaica, jimmy, lindsay, pulse, punk, reggae, ska, steel nonadult false Reggae in a Babylon movie playing at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) text blog babylon,bam,britain,england,jamaica,jimmy,lindsay,pulse,punk,reggae,ska,steel 1119 10 5.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States NY Brooklyn 0 Reggae 0 143173 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_SNL-skit-Ras-Trent-by-Andy-Samberg/BLOG/131036/5057.html Andy Samberg of Saturday Night Live sings a little rastafarian reggae melody from the quad. Some people call em trustafarians. This Andy Samberg reggae tune is very funny, though I wish he hadn't made the batty bwoi comments. Andy Samberg of Saturday Night Live sings a little rastafarian reggae melody from the quad. Some people call em trustafarians. This Andy Samberg reggae tune is very funny, though I wish he hadn't made the batty bwoi comments. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:58:00 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_SNL-skit-Ras-Trent-by-Andy-Samberg/BLOG/131036/5057.html Dubman 2008-10-30T20:58:00Z Reggae Dub and Reggae dot com Andy Samberg of Saturday Night Live sings a little rastafarian reggae melody from the quad. Some people call em trustafarians. This Andy Samberg reggae tune is very funny, though I wish he hadn't made the batty bwoi comments. andy, melody, quad, rasta, rastafarian, reggae, samberg, snl nonadult false SNL skit: Ras Trent by Andy Samberg text blog andy,melody,quad,rasta,rastafarian,reggae,samberg,snl 8054 12 4.58333 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false United States NY New York 0 Reggae 1 131036 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Beres-Hammond-provides-a-rare-interview/BLOG/126533/5057.html Recently, United Reggae's Davina Morris published a rare interview with reggae superstar Beres Hammond. United Reggae is kind enough to share their content via creative commons, so please give it a read and then check out their website (link at the bottom of the article): Beres Hammond is a pretty low key guy. In fact, up until this point, I’d been given the impression that the reggae veteran didn’t do interviews. “No man,” laughed Hammond. “Ah lie dem a tell!” Either way, it was certainly a privilege to speak to the Jamaican legend, best known for songs such as, What One Dance Can Do and There For You. Having won over a multitude of reggae fans with his smooth vocals and gorgeous love songs, 53-year-old Hammond is still going strong, as is proved with the release of his latest album, A Moment in Time. You’d be forgiven for thinking that a man who’s made a career out of romantic music would be somewhat of a real-life Casanova; hitting all the hot-spots to woo women at every given opportunity. Apparently not… “Boy… My day to day life is boring,” Hammond reveals. “Every day, I just look forward to being in the studio. So the only light moments I have are when other musicians come around, and we talk all kinds of garbage! If you were a fly on the wall during some of our conversations, you’d probably think: dem really talk about all that foolishness?” “Sometimes, we might talk about world politics and I can get a little deep into that, because that concerns me. But other than that, I’m very boring. You probably expected me to say, ‘We play dominoes every night!’ That comes when it comes. But other than that, it’s just the same old, same old. I love going to oldies shows too. Whenever any of those artists from the 60s are performing, I look forward to those shows so I can hear some sweet melodies.” One wonders what a seemingly ‘traditional’ artist like Hammond makes of reggae music’s development throughout the years. In particular, does he have any thoughts on those who have come under fire for supposedly inciting violence? “Whether it’s Jamaican music or otherwise, I don’t condone certain things,” he says. “I hate to know that people use music to incite negativity. To me, music should be something to soothe the mind and uplift the soul. Sometimes, when you’re feeling down, music has a way of lifting you up. Music also enables you express the things you might find hard to express in regular conversation. There’s nothing wrong with expressing yourself politically through music. But not in a way that’s negative or incites negativity.” “In general, there are many young talents that I love. I can’t call all the names, but I would say thumbs up to a good 90 per cent of the new reggae talents. A lot of them are truly wonderful and I’m proud of the progress that the music has made.” One artist that Hammond has championed is reggae star, Jah Cure. Often regarded as Jah Cure’s mentor, Hammond gave him his first break when he produced the song, King of the Jungle, a collaboration between Jah Cure and fellow dancehall artist, Sizzla. Of course, what followed for Jah Cure was a stream of controversy when, in 1998 he was jailed for rape. Throughout his sentence, he maintained his innocence, and he went on to earn notoriety, with many protesting that he was wrongly imprisoned. Though he was released from prison last year, the controversy still shadows him. Is Hammond still a Jah Cure fan? “Yeah man,” he says. Does he think Jah Cure can ever put the past behind him? “You know… I really don’t know how to answer that. I’m not a very good judge when it comes to that kind of thing. But I hope he’s able to put it all behind him. All I know is that he’s one hell of a talent.” Back to his own career, and Hammond considers what drew him to make mostly love songs. “Perhaps it’s because my family consists of mostly women,” he laughs. “My mother raised seven girls. And my father…. I can’t even count the amount of girls there are on his side! So I’ve always been surrounded by women. And as a kid growing up, listening to the old 50s and 60s music, a lot of it was love songs. So I got attached to melodies and love themes from an early age.” Does he have any advice to the younger artists on how to achieve longevity? When I sing a song, I make sure that I love what I’m singing about. I make sure that what I sing isn’t something I’ll look back on later down the line and say: ‘I really shouldn’t have sung that.’ There’s no money you could pay me to get me to sing what I don’t wanna sing. So I would say: stay true to your heart. Avoid the type of utterances that may come back to haunt you.” A Moment in Time is out now on VP Records This article is reprinted from United Reggae, which published it under under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Recently, United Reggae's Davina Morris published a rare interview with reggae superstar Beres Hammond. United Reggae is kind enough to share their content via creative commons, so please give it a read and then check out their website (link at the bottom of the article): Beres Hammond is a pretty low key guy. In fact, up until this point, I’d been given the impression that the reggae veteran didn’t do interviews. “No man,” laughed Hammond. “Ah lie dem a tell!” Either way, it was certainly a privilege to speak to the Jamaican legend, best known for songs such as, What One Dance Can Do and There For You. Having won over a multitude of reggae fans with his smooth vocals and gorgeous love songs, 53-year-old Hammond is still going strong, as is proved with the release of his latest album, A Moment in Time. You’d be forgiven for thinking that a man who’s made a career out of romantic music would be somewhat of a real-life Casanova; hitting all the hot-spots to woo women at every given opportunity. Apparently not… “Boy… My day to day life is boring,” Hammond reveals. “Every day, I just look forward to being in the studio. So the only light moments I have are when other musicians come around, and we talk all kinds of garbage! If you were a fly on the wall during some of our conversations, you’d probably think: dem really talk about all that foolishness?” “Sometimes, we might talk about world politics and I can get a little deep into that, because that concerns me. But other than that, I’m very boring. You probably expected me to say, ‘We play dominoes every night!’ That comes when it comes. But other than that, it’s just the same old, same old. I love going to oldies shows too. Whenever any of those artists from the 60s are performing, I look forward to those shows so I can hear some sweet melodies.” One wonders what a seemingly ‘traditional’ artist like Hammond makes of reggae music’s development throughout the years. In particular, does he have any thoughts on those who have come under fire for supposedly inciting violence? “Whether it’s Jamaican music or otherwise, I don’t condone certain things,” he says. “I hate to know that people use music to incite negativity. To me, music should be something to soothe the mind and uplift the soul. Sometimes, when you’re feeling down, music has a way of lifting you up. Music also enables you express the things you might find hard to express in regular conversation. There’s nothing wrong with expressing yourself politically through music. But not in a way that’s negative or incites negativity.” “In general, there are many young talents that I love. I can’t call all the names, but I would say thumbs up to a good 90 per cent of the new reggae talents. A lot of them are truly wonderful and I’m proud of the progress that the music has made.” One artist that Hammond has championed is reggae star, Jah Cure. Often regarded as Jah Cure’s mentor, Hammond gave him his first break when he produced the song, King of the Jungle, a collaboration between Jah Cure and fellow dancehall artist, Sizzla. Of course, what followed for Jah Cure was a stream of controversy when, in 1998 he was jailed for rape. Throughout his sentence, he maintained his innocence, and he went on to earn notoriety, with many protesting that he was wrongly imprisoned. Though he was released from prison last year, the controversy still shadows him. Is Hammond still a Jah Cure fan? “Yeah man,” he says. Does he think Jah Cure can ever put the past behind him? “You know… I really don’t know how to answer that. I’m not a very good judge when it comes to that kind of thing. But I hope he’s able to put it all behind him. All I know is that he’s one hell of a talent.” Back to his own career, and Hammond considers what drew him to make mostly love songs. “Perhaps it’s because my family consists of mostly women,” he laughs. “My mother raised seven girls. And my father…. I can’t even count the amount of girls there are on his side! So I’ve always been surrounded by women. And as a kid growing up, listening to the old 50s and 60s music, a lot of it was love songs. So I got attached to melodies and love themes from an early age.” Does he have any advice to the younger artists on how to achieve longevity? When I sing a song, I make sure that I love what I’m singing about. I make sure that what I sing isn’t something I’ll look back on later down the line and say: ‘I really shouldn’t have sung that.’ There’s no money you could pay me to get me to sing what I don’t wanna sing. So I would say: stay true to your heart. Avoid the type of utterances that may come back to haunt you.” A Moment in Time is out now on VP Records This article is reprinted from United Reggae, which published it under under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:50:51 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Beres-Hammond-provides-a-rare-interview/BLOG/126533/5057.html Dubman 2008-10-23T14:50:51Z Reggae Dub and Reggae dot com Recently, United Reggae's Davina Morris published a rare interview with reggae superstar Beres Hammond. United Reggae is kind enough to share their content via creative commons, so please give it a read and then check out their website (link at the bottom of the article): Beres Hammond is a pretty low key guy. In fact, up until this point, I’d been given the impression that the reggae veteran didn’t do interviews. “No man,” laughed Hammond. “Ah lie dem a tell!” Either way, it was certainly a privilege to speak to the Jamaican legend, best known for songs such as, What One Dance Can Do and There For You. Having won over a multitude of reggae fans with his smooth vocals and gorgeous love songs, 53-year-old Hammond is still going strong, as is proved with the release of his latest album, A Moment in Time. You’d be forgiven for thinking that a man who’s made a career out of romantic music would be somewhat of a real-life Casanova; hitting all the hot-spots to woo women at every given opportunity. Apparently not… “Boy… My day to day life is boring,” Hammond reveals. “Every day, I just look forward to being in the studio. So the only light moments I have are when other musicians come around, and we talk all kinds of garbage! If you were a fly on the wall during some of our conversations, you’d probably think: dem really talk about all that foolishness?” “Sometimes, we might talk about world politics and I can get a little deep into that, because that concerns me. But other than that, I’m very boring. You probably expected me to say, ‘We play dominoes every night!’ That comes when it comes. But other than that, it’s just the same old, same old. I love going to oldies shows too. Whenever any of those artists from the 60s are performing, I look forward to those shows so I can hear some sweet melodies.” One wonders what a seemingly ‘traditional’ artist like Hammond makes of reggae music’s development throughout the years. In particular, does he have any thoughts on those who have come under fire for supposedly inciting violence? “Whether it’s Jamaican music or otherwise, I don’t condone certain things,” he says. “I hate to know that people use music to incite negativity. To me, music should be something to soothe the mind and uplift the soul. Sometimes, when you’re feeling down, music has a way of lifting you up. Music also enables you express the things you might find hard to express in regular conversation. There’s nothing wrong with expressing yourself politically through music. But not in a way that’s negative or incites negativity.” “In general, there are many young talents that I love. I can’t call all the names, but I would say thumbs up to a good 90 per cent of the new reggae talents. A lot of them are truly wonderful and I’m proud of the progress that the music has made.” One artist that Hammond has championed is reggae star, Jah Cure. Often regarded as Jah Cure’s mentor, Hammond gave him his first break when he produced the song, King of the Jungle, a collaboration between Jah Cure and fellow dancehall artist, Sizzla. Of course, what followed for Jah Cure was a stream of controversy when, in 1998 he was jailed for rape. Throughout his sentence, he maintained his innocence, and he went on to earn notoriety, with many protesting that he was wrongly imprisoned. Though he was released from prison last year, the controversy still shadows him. Is Hammond still a Jah Cure fan? “Yeah man,” he says. Does he think Jah Cure can ever put the past behind him? “You know… I really don’t know how to answer that. I’m not a very good judge when it comes to that kind of thing. But I hope he’s able to put it all behind him. All I know is that he’s one hell of a talent.” Back to his own career, and Hammond considers what drew him to make mostly love songs. “Perhaps it’s because my family consists of mostly women,” he laughs. “My mother raised seven girls. And my father…. I can’t even count the amount of girls there are on his side! So I’ve always been surrounded by women. And as a kid growing up, listening to the old 50s and 60s music, a lot of it was love songs. So I got attached to melodies and love themes from an early age.” Does he have any advice to the younger artists on how to achieve longevity? When I sing a song, I make sure that I love what I’m singing about. I make sure that what I sing isn’t something I’ll look back on later down the line and say: ‘I really shouldn’t have sung that.’ There’s no money you could pay me to get me to sing what I don’t wanna sing. So I would say: stay true to your heart. Avoid the type of utterances that may come back to haunt you.” A Moment in Time is out now on VP Records This article is reprinted from United Reggae, which published it under under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. beres, beres hammond, cure, hammond, jah, reggae, united nonadult false Beres Hammond provides a rare interview text blog beres,beres hammond,cure,hammond,jah,reggae,united 873 2 4.5 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false Jamaica 2 Reggae 1 126533 128259 Champion Sound 8881 http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Reggae-Camp-Fire-2008-is-NOT-cancelled/BLOG/124192/5057.html The Jamaica Observer posted an update today indicating that Reggae Camp Fire 2K8 has not been cancelled. The event will occur as planned, on New Year's Eve: Wednesday, December 31, 2008. The event was previously reported to be cancelled in the Observer's Catch Di Riddim column. Camp Fire Productions, the event's producers are promising that this year the show will be "better than ever with top Dancehall and Reggae acts set to blaze their trails onstage." The event organizers are looking forward to seeing all music lovers at Reggae Camp Fire this year.   The Jamaica Observer posted an update today indicating that Reggae Camp Fire 2K8 has not been cancelled. The event will occur as planned, on New Year's Eve: Wednesday, December 31, 2008. The event was previously reported to be cancelled in the Observer's Catch Di Riddim column. Camp Fire Productions, the event's producers are promising that this year the show will be "better than ever with top Dancehall and Reggae acts set to blaze their trails onstage." The event organizers are looking forward to seeing all music lovers at Reggae Camp Fire this year.   Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:15:28 GMT http://music.dubandreggae.com/_Reggae-Camp-Fire-2008-is-NOT-cancelled/BLOG/124192/5057.html Dubman 2008-10-21T02:15:28Z Live shows Dub and Reggae dot com The Jamaica Observer posted an update today indicating that Reggae Camp Fire 2K8 has not been cancelled. The event will occur as planned, on New Year's Eve: Wednesday, December 31, 2008. The event was previously reported to be cancelled in the Observer's Catch Di Riddim column. Camp Fire Productions, the event's producers are promising that this year the show will be "better than ever with top Dancehall and Reggae acts set to blaze their trails onstage." The event organizers are looking forward to seeing all music lovers at Reggae Camp Fire this year.   camp, fire, live shows, reggae nonadult false Reggae Camp Fire 2008 is NOT cancelled text blog camp,fire,live shows,reggae 1374 0 0.0 http://music.dubandreggae.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=128259&as=5057 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/5057/photos/PHOTO_2564661_5057_128259_ap_160X120.jpg false Jamaica 0 Live shows 1 124192 128259 Champion Sound 8881