WEEKLY WORDS FROM REGGAE

"MAMMA ME AFFI PULL THE TRIGGER AGAIN" HE CRIED. "I'M SO SORRY I LIED, I KNOW I SAID I WOULDNT DO IT AGAIN. AND I TRIED BUT THE WORLD'S NOT ON OUR SIDE. OH MAMMA"

ETANA - TRIGGER

NEW MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK

THE MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK FEATURES THE RASITES' VIDEO FOR THIER TUNE 'DRUM & BASS LINE'. GREAT VIDEO.

NUFF NEW MUSIC VIDEOS

THE LATEST MUSIC VIDEO SECTION IS QUICKLY FILLING UP THIS MONTH. THERE'S ALREADY 18 VIDEOS FOR THE MONTH, INCLUDING SOME GREAT WORKS BY JAH MASON. ETANA, THE RASITES AND MANY MORE. ITS GOING TO BE TOUGH PICKING THE TOP TEN FOR THIS MONTH WITH SO MANY VIDEOS TO CHOOSE FROM THIS TIME AROUND. WHICH VIDEOS DO YOU THINK SHOULD HAVE A SPOT IN THE TOP TEN MUSIC VIDEOS FOR AUGUST?

WEEKLY WORDS FROM REGGAE

"LETS MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING. WAKE UP AND DO SOMETHING CREATIVE. TIME WAIT ON NO ONE, YOU GOT TO BE STRONG."

DON CARLOS - TIME

THIS DAY IN REGGAE - AUGUST 19

THIS DAY, AUGUST 19, MARKS THE EIGHT YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSING OF JOSEPH HILL FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ROOTS HARMONY GROUP CULTURE. BORN IN 1949, JOSEPH HILL LIKE MANY JAMAICAN ARTISTS BEGAN TO SING IN CHURCH AT AN EARLY AGE. IN TIME JOSEPH HILL CAME TO EMBRACE THE TEACHINGS OF RASTAFARI, WHICH BECAME THE INSPIRATION OF MUCH OF THE MUSIC RECORDED BY CULTURE OVER THE YEARS. DEVOTED TO HIS MUSICAL MISSION, JOSEPH HILL CONTINUED TO SPREAD HIS MESSAGE OF RASTAFARI LIVITY UNTIL THE VERY END. TWO DAYS BEFORE HIS PASSING, HE COLLAPSED ON STAGE WHILE PERFORMING  WITH CULTURE AT A SHOW IN BERLIN.

JOSEPH HILL WITH CULTURE HAD MANY HIT SONGS, MOST NOTABLE BEING 'TWO SEVENS CLASH'. THE APOCALYPTIC SONG WARNED OF TRIBULATION ON THE DAY OF JULY 7,1977. THE SONG HAD SUCH A IMPACT ON THE JAMAICAN PSYCHE THAT MANY JAMAICANS DECIDED TO STAY HOME FROM WORK THAT DAY TO AVOID WHATEVER DISASTER HAD BEEN PREDICTED IN THE SONG'S LYRICS.

JOSEPH HILL'S LEGACY WILL LIVE ON THROUGH HIS BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL MUSIC. HIS SON KENYATTA HILL HAS TAKEN HIS FATHER'S PLACE WITH THE GROUP CULTURE. A GREAT WAY TO INSURE ANOTHER GENERATION WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO HEAR THE POSITIVE VIBRATIONS OF HIS FATHER'S MUSICAL MESSAGE.

BALANCE,

JAHZILLA

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK

THE MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK FEATURES JAH MASON'S VIDEO FOR HIS NEW SINGLE 'TELL ME WHY'.

IRIEFEST 2014 HIGHLIGHTS

IRIE MUSIC FESTIVAL 2014

REGGAE RUN TINGS WAS AT IRIEFEST THIS YEAR TO TAKE IN THE IRIE VIBES AND SWEET REGGAE MUSIC. RICHIE SPICE HEADLINED THE STAGESHOW AT THE FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY NIGHT. RICHIE SPICE WAS RAINED OUT THE LAST TIME HE WAS SET TO PERFORM AT IRIEFEST IN 2012. RICHIE PERFORMED ONE SONG AND LIGHTENING STARTED TO CRASH. THIS YEAR WITH CLEAR SKIES OVERHEAD, RICHIE SPICE DELIVERED A GREAT SHOW FOR HIS FANS AT IRIEFEST.

ETANA GRACED THE STAGE ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND WOWED THE CROWD WITH HER BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE.  ETANA WAS ABLE TO BRING A REAL INTIMATE VIBE TO THE SHOW.  HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED THE SONG REGGAE, A LOVE SONG TO REGGAE MUSIC, THAT BROUGHT CHEERS AND SHOUTS FROM EVERYONE AT THE SHOW. ETANA'S VERSIONS OF A COUPLE BOB MARLEY ANTHEMS ALSO GOT PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR SEATS AND ON THEIR FEET. WITH WORDS OF LOVE AND SUPPORT SAID WITH CONVICTION, ETANA SHOWED WHY SHE IS THE STRONG ONE.

BALANCE,

JAHZILLA

TORONTO REGGAE FESTIVAL AUG. 16-17

TORONTO REGGAE FESTIVAL IS READY TO BRING SOME OF THE BEST LIVE REGGAE MUSIC OF THE YEAR. BERES HAMMOND WILL ONCE AGAIN BE HEADLINING THE FEST WITH AN ALL STAR LINE UP THAT WILL BE A JOY FOR ALL REGGAE FANS.

WEEKLY WORDS FROM REGGAE

"AND IT'S A COOL RUNNINGS, I KNOW DANCEHALL A GO NICE. TELL YOU IT'S A COOL RUNNINGS, DE RIDDIM A GO DRIP LIKE SUGER AND SPICE."

BUNNY WAILER - COOL RUNNINGS

NEW MUSIC VIDEO OF THE WEEK

THIS WEEK'S FEATURED MUSIC VIDEO IS DAUNE STEPHENSON'S VIDEO FOR HIS COVER OF THE CLASSIC BUNNY WAILER SONG "COOL RUNNINGS". ENJOY.

TOP 10 REGGAE VIDEOS FOR JULY NOW UP!

CHECK OUT THE RANKINGS AND PLAYLIST FOR JULY'S TOP 10 REGGAE VIDEOS. CONGRATULATIONS TO MICAH SHEMAIAH FOR TAKING THE TOP SPOT THIS MONTH WITH HIS VIDEO FOR REGGAE ROCKIT FEATURING INFINITE AND MATTHIAS.