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June 2011
- European Reggae Contest: and the winner is…
The European Reggae Contest has chosen its winner at the end of the grand European final held last Thursday in Barcelona. The night, which brought together on…
- Reggae Contest final to be streamed
It is already tomorrow that the grand final of the European Reggae Contest takes place at the Razzmatazz in Barcelona, at the launch night of Rototom…
- Sean Paul goes into production
He has dreamed of it, he says, since his debut 16 years ago: Sean Paul is now a producer. He is announcing the release of his first riddim: Blaze Fia. It was…
May 2011
- Heartical: a compilation for the 10th anniversary
Founded in 2001 by the French sound system Heartical, the label of the same name is celebrating its tenth anniversary with its first compilation, "Heartical…
- Gyptian joins the Garance Reggae Festival
One headliner was still to be announced, and it is Gyptian who joins the Garance Reggae Festival line-up this summer. Acclaimed in 2010 with his single Hold…
- Vybz Kartel explains himself
Vybz Kartel's strategy of media saturation is well oiled. No sooner does his former business partner Corey Todd (with whom he set up Vybz Rum, among other…
- Diana Rutherford's first album, ''Ghetto Princess''
After releasing several singles, including A new day with Sizzla in 2010 and the recent Rebel, Diana Rutherford is releasing her first album. Fittingly, it is…
- Tribute to King Tubby with Anthony Red Rose
It is the new residency of Soul Stereo: after hosting Afrika Bambaataa, the Rhythm & Soul nights are paying tribute to King Tubby. At the helm of the tribute…
- Dark-K to represent France at the Reggae Contest
The French heat of the European Reggae Contest has found its winner: Dar-K will represent France at the grand European final in Barcelona. The jury, who had…
- Patrice, a participatory video
Patrice is inviting all his fans to take part in making his new video for the track Nothing Better. The idea? The first scene of the video is shot by Patrice…
- Reggae Vibes #18: the contents
The June-July issue of Reggae Vibes will look at the "new stars of reggae": Tarrus Riley, Alborosie and Gyptian. No fewer than 16 pages are devoted to these…
- Damian Marley in Mick Jagger's new group
Fresh from the worldwide success of "Distant Relatives" with Nas, Damian Marley may be about to take another step up. According to a New York Post report…
- Amnesty International calls for an inquiry in Jamaica
One year to the day after the dramatic events that shook Kingston, Amnesty International published a report on 23 May on the situation in Jamaica and is…
- Broussaï still on the road
On the road since the start of the year, Broussaï are continuing their tour. The band will play the Olympia as support to Groundation at the end of the month…
- New names at Reggae Sun Ska
Reggae Sun Ska has just revealed several more artists who will perform in Pauillac from 5 to 7 August for the festival's 14th edition. Joining the line-up are…
- Summerjam: line-up finalised
Summerjam Festival has finalised its line-up. The programme for the 26th edition of the German festival will run as follows: Friday 1 July: Patrice, Dub…
- Free Music Festival: the line-up
It is the season when all of France's festivals unveil their line-ups. Good programmes are blooming here and there, notably at the Free Music Festival, 60km…
- ''Building An Ark'', Groundation's new album
While in Paris to promote his solo project "Madness", under the name Professor, Harrison Stafford also revealed the outline of Groundation's next album. Due…
- Cocoa Tea to sing at the 2012 Olympics
Cocoa Tea will sing for the Queen and the whole world at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The veteran (whose hit Rikers Island is currently enjoying a…
- Mavado launches his label
Mansion Records is the name of the label freshly created by Mavado with the aim of developing young artists. That is what he said in an interview with the…
- Paille in a one-off Paris concert
With his very good second album, "Inflammable", out in February (Don's Music), Paille will play a one-off concert in Paris with his band on the stage of the…
- Risto Benji murdered
The deejay Risto Benji, 38, was shot several times on Monday evening in front of his house in Old Harbour. Risto, short for aristocrat, and Benji, as in…
- Pressure Sounds: three Augustus Pablo 45s
The English label Pressure Sounds announces the release of three Augustus Pablo 45s, available at the end of June. While Augustus Pablo's work is recognised…
- Garance Reggae Festival, the list grows longer
After a salvo of confirmations at the start of the month ( news of 04/05/2011), Garance Productions has unveiled a new batch of artists joining the festival…
- Stand High celebrates ten years
Ten years already that Stand High have been patrolling to the rhythm of dub. The Breton crew will celebrate this decade in its Brest stronghold, at the…
- Ecolozicalizes: Black Roots in France for the first time
After the opening night on 11 May (Wake Up Sound, Calaloo Sound, Difanga, Pancho Mc, Mathieu Ruben, Ras Daniel Ray…) and Prince Malachi and Michael Prophet…
- Lloyd Knibb takes his bow
The Skatalites drummer Lloyd Knibb died on Thursday 12 May 2011 of liver cancer, aged 80. Starting out in the island's jazz bands, he became the drummer of…
- Ziggy Marley, two concerts in France
Bob Marley's eldest son, Ziggy Marley, will be back in France for a concert in Paris on 4 July at La Cigale, five years after his last visit to the capital…
- Dour Festival, an extra-large line-up
Four days of concerts, seven stages, 200 bands… At Dour, they think big. Lost in the middle of this gigantic bill is a fine reggae programme, detailed here…
- John Holt back in France
As astonishing as it may seem, his appearance at the Garance Reggae Festival last year was his first stage performance in France in more than fifty years of…
- King Earthquake and Jah Tubby's at Peyrolles Splash
After Iration Steppas and Channel One last year (news of 30/06/2010), the English will once again be in the spotlight at Peyrolles Splash this year. With Jah…
- Florent Malouda relaunches the One Love Festival
After a first edition crowned with success in 2009, the One Love Festival, organised by Florent Malouda, is back in 2011. The Chelsea and France national team…
- Reggae Geel drops its first names
Belgium's oldest festival, which first saw the light of day in 1978, has announced the first names for the 2011 edition, to be held on 5 and 6 August in Geel…
- Bob Marley week on the ''Late night show''
It is one of the unmissable television appointments in the United States: the programme Late night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC (from the franchise created by…
- When Afrika Bambaataa pays tribute to Bob Marley
There is no shortage of nights stamped with the label Tribute to Bob Marley. The "Rhythm & Soul" night taking place at La Bellevilloise on Thursday 19 May is…
- Bost & Bim remix the Hustlin riddim
Bost & Bim are re-releasing their Hustlin riddim series, available since July 2010. But this time it is completed not only by several artists (Sizzla, Jah…
- European Reggae Contest: the French final
It was no mean feat, according to the organisers, but the final of the French selection of the European Reggae Contest will indeed take place. It will be held…
- Reggae Sun Ska, the rest of the line-up
Things are getting seriously clearer for the summer festivals, whose programmes are taking shape in broad strokes. Reggae Sun Ska, to be held from 5 to 7…
- New names at the Garance Reggae Festival
The Garance Reggae Festival line-up has just grown heavier with several names. It stays on a roots line, as we have just learned that The Abyssinians, Tony…
- Jamaica Insula: Les Hommes illustres de la Jamaïque
Les Editions Natty Dread are releasing the fourth volume in their Jamaica Insula collection, entitled "Les Hommes illustres de la Jamaïque". The team behind…
- Tarbes Reggae Vibes
A newcomer on the French festival scene, Tarbes Reggae Vibes will offer an alternative to reggae fans in the south-west with a line-up mixing English and…
- Vibrations: a Bob Marley special issue
This is obviously the month when tributes to Bob Marley will blossom almost everywhere. The press is no exception, and the excellent Swiss music magazine…
April 2011
- Bob Marley, the secrets behind his songs
A reggae specialist for Billboard magazine between 1984 and 1993, the journalist Maureen Sheridan has devoted several books to the lyrics of Bob Marley's…
- Reggae in the spotlight at Le Jardin du Michel Festival
Since its first edition in 2003, the Festival du Jardin du Michel has grown a great deal. Its seventh edition, to be held over three days, from 2 to 3 June…
- Barrington Levy on Tracks tomorrow
Barrington Levy will be in the spotlight tomorrow on the programme Tracks on Arte. This eternal hit-maker recently said that his next album would be the last…
- Tiwony presents "Cité Soleil"
With his album "Cité Soleil" expected next week (release announced for 2 May 2011), Tiwony will soon be touring France. He will notably play a concert at the…
- Last album for Barrington Levy
It is not common for an artist to announce his last album. Yet that is what Barrington Levy has just done, telling the Jamaica Star that his next album would…
- Rockers Festival cancelled in Lyon and Nice
After the announcement that Vybz Kartel's European tour had been cancelled because he could not obtain a visa, the Rockers Rockers Rockers Festival dates in…
- Vybz Kartel: European tour cancelled
Vybz Kartel did not perform last night in Paris for the first date of the Rockers Rocker Rockers Festival. The Jamaican deejay was also due to play in Germany…
- Tribute to Bob Marley on France Ô
In a new commemoration of the thirty years since the death of Bob Marley, France Ô will pay tribute to the most famous representative of reggae. On the…
- Reggae at the free MusicOparc Festival
As every year since 2005, the municipality of Rosny-sous-bois is organising the MusicOparc festival. A free, open-air festival, MusicOparc offers an eclectic…
- Rototom Sunsplash: the programme takes shape
The programme of the Rototom Sunsplash, to be held from 18 to 27 August in Benicassim (Spain), is taking shape. As one might expect, this 18th edition pays…
- New album for Bunny Rugs
The Third World singer is releasing his fourth solo album, "Time", announced for this summer. In the meantime, an EP is coming out, made up of three singles…
- Toulouse Dub Club, round two
After Jah Shaka for its first edition, the Toulouse Dub Club is back this Friday 22 April 2011. The new dub rendezvous of the Pink City will welcome Cultural…
- A remix EP for Jahdan Blakkamoore
After his very good album "Babylon Nightmare", released in December 2010, Lustre Kings announces the release of a remix EP of Jahdan Blackkamoore's single All…
- Ivory Coast: Tiken Jah Fakoly appeals to Drogba
A few days after the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo in Ivory Coast, Tiken Jah Fakoly put forward some solutions for reconciling the country. Invited on France…
- Reggae Sun Ska: the first names at last
Reggae Sun Ska was the last French festival whose line-up was still a complete mystery. But a leak on the online pre-sale ticketing revealed this weekend the…
- ''The Harder They Come'', remake on the way
A few days earlier and you might have taken it for an April Fool's joke, but the news is perfectly serious: a remake of Perry Henzell's famous film "The…
- ''King in Control'', Beenie Man's new album
In an interview with the Jamaica Star, Beenie Man revealed his upcoming album, "King in Control", due out this summer. An album made up mostly of unreleased…
- Gentleman injured, tour goes ahead
Injured on stage last Saturday during a concert in Germany, Gentleman will indeed come to France to honour his tour. Although he has been diagnosed with a…
- New names at the Garance Reggae Festival
The Garance Reggae Festival line-up is gaining more and more substance. After the last batch of names let slip by Garance (news of 20/03/2011), a new string…
- Jammin Reggae Party, a tribute to Bob Marley
On the thirtieth anniversary of his passing, tributes to Bob Marley are multiplying. The memory of the most famous Jamaican of all will be honoured at the…
- The European Reggae Contest: the selected bands
The European Reggae Contest has delivered its verdict: we finally know the three French-language bands that have been selected. They are: - San'jyla - Dar-K &…
- Sugar Minott's story told by Beth Lesser
The photographer Beth Lesser is publishing, through Muzik Tree, a biography of Sugar Minott and his crew, Youth Promotion. Very close to the artist (she even…
- Azrock remixed by High Jackin' Soundz
Musical hijacking is how High Jackin' Soundz (a team made up of Nomad 92, Track Head and Shotta D) describes what it does. Its speciality: mixing reggae /…
- Alpha Blondy, the tour extends
With his new album, "Vision", already out, Alpha Blondy's European tour has grown by several concerts in France. He will play several Zéniths in particular…
- The end of payola in Jamaica?
It is a practice as old as the birth of radio in Jamaica: payola, paying radio stations to give priority airplay to certain tracks and so boost their media…
- Marathon tour for The Abyssinians and The Congos
A real marathon tour awaits The Abyssinians and The Congos. This fine reunion of roots reggae veterans will play more than 30 concerts in Europe in almost as…
- Demarco on tour in France
For his "Love my Life Tour" of Europe this spring, Demarco will pass through France at the end of April. After stops in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, the…
- Alpha Blondy and Carla Bruni
Invited on RMC to the programme Les Grandes Gueules, Alpha Blondy did not mince his words. Asked about the speech Nicolas Sarkozy gave in Dakar in July 2007…
