12+ hour, 21+ min ago   (500+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Mr. Gallimore is raising hell on the charts—and he insists he is only trying to save souls from it. The Jamaican gospel deejay has surged to the No. 2 position on the iTunes World chart in the United…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1662+ words) If you have spent any time around reggae or dancehall music, you have almost certainly heard the word “riddim” without necessarily knowing what it means or why it matters so much. The short answer: a riddim is not simply a…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1755+ words) When most people say “Bam Bam riddim,” they are referring to one of the most far-reaching rhythmic events in the entire history of Jamaican music: Sister Nancy’s 1982 recording of “Bam Bam,” which itself rides the foundational Stalag riddim produced by…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (563+ words) The detail that hits hardest in this story is not just the loss itself, but how ordinary the moment was before everything fell apart. Christopher Davey, 25-year-old son of veteran dancehall DJ Powerman, was sent to the laundromat with four…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (487+ words) Koffee is not rushing this one. The Grammy-winning reggae artist has pushed her highly anticipated 15-track album from November all the way to February 2027, and she is being pretty upfront about why. “We’re pushing back just a little bit more,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1751+ words) The best female reggae singers have shaped one of the most globally beloved music genres for more than six decades, from the rocksteady clubs of Kingston in the 1960s to Grammy stages in the 21st century. Despite a genre landscape long dominated…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1710+ words) Songs that sampled reggae are everywhere in popular music, yet listeners rarely trace those borrowed rhythms, vocals, and riddims back to their Jamaican roots. From dancehall anthems recorded in Kingston in the early 1980s to lovers rock and dub productions that…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1682+ words) When the conversation turns to the best female dancehall artists in history, a handful of names have consistently shaped the genre’s trajectory, from the sound-system dances of Kingston in the early 1980s through to the global streaming era of the 2020s. This…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (524+ words) The moment Koffee walked out on stage at KOKO in Camden, the crowd stopped singing and just screamed. Skillibeng had already been running through his catalogue for a packed room during London Carnival Weekend on August 30, 2026, but pulling out his…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1720+ words) Ask any selector worth their weight in vinyl: picking the best dancehall albums of all time is an argument that never ends. Dancehall has always been, and always will be, a singles genre. Over the last few decades, only a…...