A country known more for rock and choral music was a hotspot of the dub reggae sound system scene in the 70s. Rival crews recall Cardiff’s riotous parties – and racist hostility ...
Sergio Ortiz is a soft-spoken teacher in San Antonio College’s music business program. But as the reggae artist Sgt. Remo, he makes some serious noise with a wall of speakers that looks like ...
Since their inception in the late 200s, Dave Mata and his DJ crew, the six-member Impala Sound Champions, have held on to the dream of building a massive traveling sound system like the ones that ...
Jamaica’s sound systems were the forebears for modern day DJ and hip-hop culture. Sound engineers like King Tubby and Lee “Scratch” Perry came onto the scene and pioneered a new genre known as dub.
Reggae sound systems King Shine Sound and Twin Star International will rest their reputations on the line when they lock horns in the first international sound clash in Bermuda in nearly two decades ...
The lineage of today’s chart-topping hip-hop and, earlier, the international reggae scene can be traced back to the sound system culture that blossomed in Jamaica during the 1950s, 60s and 70s and ...
Anyone accustomed to the warring side of reggae should be familiar with the joy of sound clashes. Forget about the one-love vibe that Bob Marley preached, because sometimes the best part about ...
A reggae sound system event is set to take place to raise funds for people still affected by Hurricane Melissa. The category five storm hit Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba at the end of October, destroying ...
South London's finest reggae sound system DJ. Wassie One specialises in 60's, 70's & 80's ska, rocksteady & reggae. With over 40 years as an active reggae DJ, expect killer rarities and party hits ...
Hurricane Melissa caused widespread devastation across the Caribbean [Raquel Cunha/Reuters] A reggae sound system event is set to take place to raise funds for people still affected by Hurricane ...