Freddy Locks Seek Your Truth Freddy Locks recorded his first album in 2004, an album that introduced him to the world with the single “Wake up”. That album, entitled ‘RootsRockStruggeling’, was never officially released to the public until now. During his childhood, Freddy spent many hours in the streets of his neighborhood, Alvalade in Lisbon, […]
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Manwel T Fluting Born in Malta, Europe, in 1960, Manwel Tabone has been into reggae since the mid-70s. He presented the weekly Reggae Club show on Radio Malta between 1989 and 2005. In 1990 he published the first edition of the Reggae World fanzine which lasted four issues. Manwel T mixed his first dub tune […]
Long Shen Dao Dragon. Spirit. Tao. The innovative Eastern-style reggae band Long Shen Dao was founded in 2007 and is considered by audiences and media alike to be ‘China‘s first authentic reggae band’. It consists of members who have absorbed the essence of their traditional culture and applied these Eastern philosophies into a synthesis of […]
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Xana Romeo Righteous Path Xana Romeo was born Azana Makeda Smith on August 26, 1994, in a small community called Greenwich Town, in Kingston Jamaica. She is the youngest daughter of reggae veteran, Max Romeo. Xana has been playing around with music her entire life but recently, in 2014, decided to make it her career […]
New Kingston Can’t Stop A Man New Kingston, a fast-rising, New York City-based reggae band, is preparing to release its third full-length album, KINGSTON CITY, on Easy Star Records. The record, which will come out January 27, 2015, includes 12 songs and guest appearances by members of Tribal Seeds, Hawaiian singer-songwriter Kimie Miner, Sister Carol, […]
Terra Prometida Reggae Is Love Terra Prometida (Promised Land) was formed in 2001 in Brasilia under the name RastaFire. In 2006, the group decided to strengthen their Brasilian identity and changed their name to Terra Prometida. The group performed in major events and festivals, opening shows for renowned bands and artists such as Big Mountain […]
Putus Roots Be Wise Delroy ‘Putus Roots’ Williams was born in 1956 in St. Thomas, Jamaica, and moved to Kingston in the mid 70’s. At that time, he joined the emblematic and famous tribe, the ‘Mystic Revelation of Rastafari’ and began his musical career as a nyabinghi drummer and singer. Putus Needs Our Help His […]
Black Symbol I’m Not Afraid Black Symbol are among the unsung heroes of British Reggae. During their heyday in the early 1980s, they not only released a handful of their own songs as singles, now highly sought after, but financed and released the two volumes of ‘Handsworth Explosion’, records that documented and showcased so many […]
Capital Letters Jah Music Having reformed in 2013, it hasn’t taken Capital Letters long to get back into their stride and 2015 sees them embarking on a series of European live dates reminiscent of their heyday in the late seventies and early eighties when they were the unofficial UK reggae ambassadors to Europe, constantly touring […]