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Toppa Top 10: Top Ten Summertime Festivals

May 15, 2012

Words by Jesse Serwer— With temperatures rising and Memorial Day less than two weeks away, it’s time for a look at some of the biggest reggae/dancehall/Caribbean music-focused festivals happening around the world this summer, from MoBay to Humboldt County. Click through below to get the lineups, details and whereabouts of the season’s biggest outdoor reggae ... Read more

Field Trips with Spliffington: Cutty Ranks Meets the Gambian Cassette Vendors

May 15, 2012

Words by Herbert Spliffington, Illustration by Victor Kerlow— In the latest installment of his storytelling-n-illustrations column Field Trips with Spliffington, Herbert Spliffington tells the story (with an assist from his Field Trip World colleague, Victor Kerlow) of how he discovered the music of Cutty Ranks while crossing into the Gambia from Senegal in the ’90s. ... Read more

Mixtape Mondays: Walshy Fire x J-Wow, Jillionaire, DJ Select

May 14, 2012

Words by DJ Theory— Hopefully you all had a good day treating your ma dukes yesterday—now it’s time to treat yourself with some Mixtape Mondays. A heap of vibez this week, straight from London, to Portugal, to Miami, to NYC, to your desktop. Ease up and let these three joints do the heavy lifting for ... Read more

Throwback Thursdays x Sofrito: Lord Shorty, “Vibrations Groove”

May 10, 2012

Words by Jesse Serwer— “I want to introduce you to a brand new musical sound called soca…it starts with di bass drum.” That’s the late Lord Shorty (later known as Ras Shorty I), father of soca music, getting his James Brown on, with an instrument-by-instrument breakdown of his then-new creation. “Vibrations Groove” is featured on ... Read more

Toppa Top 10: Ten ‘Mama’ Tunes For Mother’s Day

May 9, 2012

Words by Jesse Serwer and Martei Korley, Photo by Martei Korley— Mother’s Day is this Sunday—don’t forget to tell the lady who brought you into this world how much you appreciate her. Or you could just let these tunes do the talking. Read more

Heds and Dreds: The Beastie Boys’ Reggae Jones

May 7, 2012

Words by Jesse Serwer and DJ Gravy— Being ambassadors for reggae music is not one of the things the Beastie Boys are well known for but the group’s members—Ad-Rock, Mike D and the late, great MCA, Adam Yauch, who died Friday from throat cancer—were all, in their own ways, students and aficionados of Jamaican music. ... Read more

Audio: Leftside feat. Sean Paul, “Want Yuh Body” (Flip)

May 15, 2012

Words by Jesse Serwer— Leftside’s “Want Yuh Body” has been a necessary tool in any dancehall DJ’s arsenal for what seems like years. Left’s even had a video for the remix featuring Mystic out since last September. Yet nearly two years after its release, we now have Sean Paul jumping on a house-meets-dancehall flip (cause ... Read more

Ticket Giveaway: Lee “Scratch” Perry in NYC, Thurs. May 17

May 15, 2012

Words by Jesse Serwer— Even during his Beastie Boys-assisted revival in the mid ’90s, who would have imagined that in 2012, at age 76, Lee “Scratch” Perry would still be regularly touring the world? Scratch, who performed in NYC as recently as last September, returns to New York for a show at the Gramercy Theatre ... Read more

Deeply Rooted: Dance Workshops with Juan de Dios + Raices Profundas

May 11, 2012

Words by Petra Valoma— Afro-Cuban dance master-of-masters Juan de Dios is highly revered as a performer, teacher and historian, a major influence in conserving, documenting and maintaining Cuban cultural traditions. In 1962, he became one of the founding members of the Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba, where he was a principal dancer, percussionist, singer and ... Read more

Top Ranks: Kevin Lyons x Miss Lily’s Variety

May 11, 2012

Words by Jesse Serwer— Last year visual artist Kevin Lyons staged a show of his work called Red, Gold & Green for Paris’ Colette gallery, inspired largely by the aesthetics of dancehall and Jamaican music culture. “The language is fantastic and so fun to illustrate and draw; words like “BOOMBASTIC” or ”COLLIE WEED,” Lyons told our Eddie ... Read more

High Fidelity: Dre Skull’s Loudspeaker Riddim

May 11, 2012

Words by Jesse Serwer— Dre Skull and Mixpak Records have an excellent new riddim called Loudspeaker on the way May 22, and they’ve just released this clip hosted by our bredrin Walshy Fire as a preview of what’s in store. The ethereal riddim itself has nuff vibes, and the release has some of our favorite ... Read more

Where deAction Is: Beaches of Barbados Video Series

May 11, 2012

Words by Jesse Serwer, Photo by Nick Welch— For an island that’s only 21 miles long and 14 miles across at its widest point, Barbados has a lot of beautiful beaches, each one a little different from the next. Nick Welch, a BBC content producer from England, noticed this on his many trips to the ... Read more

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Toppa Top 10: Top Ten Summertime Festivals

Field Trips with Spliffington: Cutty Ranks Meets the Gambian Cassette Vendors

Mixtape Mondays: Walshy Fire x J-Wow, Jillionaire, DJ Select

Throwback Thursdays x Sofrito: Lord Shorty, “Vibrations Groove”

Toppa Top 10: Ten ‘Mama’ Tunes For Mother’s Day

Heds and Dreds: The Beastie Boys’ Reggae Jones

Audio: Leftside feat. Sean Paul, “Want Yuh Body” (Flip)

Ticket Giveaway: Lee “Scratch” Perry in NYC, Thurs. May 17

Deeply Rooted: Dance Workshops with Juan de Dios + Raices Profundas

Top Ranks: Kevin Lyons x Miss Lily’s Variety

High Fidelity: Dre Skull’s Loudspeaker Riddim

Where deAction Is: Beaches of Barbados Video Series

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