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December 2008
- Sting: the provocations are flying
With the Sting looming, the provocations between artists are starting to feed the gossip columns. The artists have been trading barbs for several weeks ahead…
- Chris Blackwell and the golden age of reggae
"The golden age of Jamaican music is behind us": it is with this pleonasm that Chris Blackwell describes the music scene of his island. The famous producer…
November 2008
- Yaniss Odua and Straika D in a collector's box set
The label Legalize Hits is conveniently releasing a collector's box set ahead of the festive season from its "Hits 2 Hits" series, bringing together the first…
- Busy start to the year for Greensleeves
2009 will start strongly for Greensleeves, with several releases including new albums from Sizzla, Anthony B and Ziggi Recado. Announced for October (and…
- Global Reggae Culture, the first
A collateral victim of the administrative closure of La Belleviloise last month, the first edition of the Global Reggae Culture, which was to be held at the…
- Manu Chao meets Prince Fatty
After the series of remixes of his track Politik kills , in which Prince Fatty revisited the Manu Chao song, the paths of the singer and the producer cross…
- Matisyahu is back in the spotlight
We discovered his Hasidic reggae in 2005, a year after the release of his first album "Shake off the dust… Arise". Since then Matisyahu has come a long way…
- Gramps Morgan goes solo in his turn
As we announced (news of 12/11/2008), each member of the Morgan Heritage family is about to release his own solo album (though, let us repeat, without putting…
- Booba feat. Demarco, have a listen!
We told you a little while ago about the track recorded by Booba with Demarco, which features on his album "0.9", out today. Here is the track to listen to…
- Greensleeves has finally made money
Bought by VP Records in January 2008 (news of 28/01/2008), the Greensleeves label is showing a positive balance sheet for the first time in years, its…
- Dubmatix: third album on the way
"Renegade Rockers", the third album by the Canadian multi-tasker Dubmatix, will be distributed in France in early 2009. Already available for download for…
- Dancehall Draft Picks, part two
Directed by the New York filmmaker Johnny Wonder, the first instalment of the documentary Dancehall Draft Picks, distributed by VP Records and sold in more…
- Asafa Powell, from track to studio
Much has been said about the Usain Bolt phenomenon, and his taste for Mavado's music. For once, the four-time Olympic gold medallist at the Beijing Games has…
- A Bob Marley square in Montpellier
After Serbia, where a statue of the singer was erected, Montpellier: the place Bob Marley, in the student district, was inaugurated on Saturday 8 November…
- Boulibaï session with Joseph Cotton
Not to be confused with Boulibaï Vibrations every weekend on France Inter: the Boulibaï Sessions are precisely the chance for Malik Boulibaï to step out of…
- Peter Morgan goes solo
The Morgan Heritage family are starting to multiply their solo projects. After Mojo, it is the turn of Peter, the lead singer, to take the plunge. And he…
- Vybz Kartel is a Freemason
It's the latest rumour buzzing around Kingston: the site Outaroad is putting forward the far-fetched theory that Vybz Kartel is in thrall to Freemasonry and…
- Demarco in Europe and in Paris
Currently in Europe for a long tour, Demarco will indeed make a stop in France: he will play the stage of the Elysée Montmartre on 02 December 2008 in Paris…
- Busy end of the year for Jim Murple
The Jim Murple Memorial have been criss-crossing the roads of France for more than ten years, and they are not about to stop. The band will be playing all…
- Sebastian Sturm invites Aswad and Kiddus I
To mark the release of his second album, "One moment in peace", on 17 November, the German singer Sebastian Sturm, discovered with "This change is nice" two…
- Daddy Mory releases his ''Anthologie''
Daddy Mory has just released his latest project. Simply titled "Anthologie", this box set of three CDs and a DVD brings together Mory's first two albums in…
- King Shiloh returns to Dub Station
For their 11th edition, on Saturday 8 November at the Trabendo, from 11pm, the Dub Station nights have invited back the Amsterdam sound, King Shiloh…
- World Sound, the world music mag
A newcomer on the music press scene: World Sound, which will be on newsstands in mid-November. On the bill in the first issue of this bimonthly devoted to…
- Byron Lee has passed away
He had only just been decorated with the Order of Jamaica (news of 27/10/2008): the following week, Byron Lee died. He passed away yesterday, Tuesday 4…
October 2008
- Mad Cobra still going strong
The star deejay of the 90s has not yet put the mic away. Mad Cobra has just put the finishing touches to a new album, "Helter Skelta", written in the wake of…
- Capleton threatened too
After Anthony B, Capleton. The Jamaican deejay, on tour in France in November, will be met head-on. In a statement released yesterday, the association Tjenbé…
- Coxsone Dodd gets his statue
After a boulevard renamed Studio One, the producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, who died in April 2004, now has his own statue. A bust, sculpted by the Jamaican…
- Odyssée Jamaïque: to the roots of reggae
A show combining live music, video, dance and theatre, Odyssée Jamaïque goes back in time through compositions and covers of classics, setting the music…
- Dub Inc tour: two nights in Paris
Everything is going well for Dub Inc. After the release of their latest album, "Afrikya", in May (18,000 copies sold, and the video for Métissage soon to hit…
- Sizzla to spend Christmas in Africa
While his latest album, "Addicted", for the Florida label M.B.I.G. Music, and his best of, "The Journey", on Greensleeves, are selling well pretty much…
- Byron Lee honoured
Hospitalised in Miami to treat a cancer diagnosed two years ago, Byron Lee was back on his native island to be decorated, at the age of 73, with the Order of…
- A fine night in tribute to Alton Ellis
A fine roots line-up is shaping up at La Bellevilloise in Paris on 1 November 2008: carte blanche will be given to the Soul Stereo sound system, who will…
- Bounty Killer VS Ninjaman
This will undoubtedly be one of the events of the end of the year on our side of the Atlantic. Bounty Killer is returning to Europe, to London to be precise…
- Anthony B: Sannois concert cancelled
His tour of France just keeps making waves: Anthony B's concert planned in Sannois (95) on Tuesday 28 October 2008 has been cancelled. Not because of the…
- Neg'Marrons guest on Malik Boulibaï's show
Neg'Marrons will be Malik Boulibaï's guests on his programme Boulibaï Vibrations, broadcast on France Inter in the night of Saturday 25 to Sunday 26 October…
- Vote Cocoa Tea!
We now know the release date of Cocoa Tea's new album, "Yes we can", openly dedicated to Barrack Obama (news of 07/07/2008). The date is no coincidence: it…
- Booba is popular in Jamaica
Demarco is not the only Jamaican recording with Booba. The deejay Busy Signal will also cross paths with the number 1 of French rap, along with Mala. The…
- Mavado, second album in sight
"Mr. Brooks A better tomorrow" will be the title of Mavado's already eagerly awaited second album, following the success of his first opus. The singer thus…
- Anthony B replies to Tjenbé Rèd
The association Tjenbé Rèd is pursuing its lobbying and awareness-raising work around Anthony B's visit. After calling on the Jamaican deejay to sign the…
- Civalizee wins the Riddim Clash
The Antwerp sound Civalizee made the most of its chance on Saturday night in Cologne at the 6th edition of the Riddim Clash, which brought together a 100%…
- MOBO Awards: the trophy goes to Mavado
One more award for Mavado after his exemplary first album, "Gangsta for life - The symphony of David Brooks": the Jamaican singer received the MOBO Award…
- Ministerio del Dub Riddim on Heartical
A new series of 7-inch singles is on its way from the French label Heartical: the Ministerio del Dub Riddim, by the Basque Dub Foundation. On a riddim moulded…
- Demarco on Booba's album
Demarco joins Booba on his upcoming album. The Jamaican singer teams up with the bad boy of French rap, a fan of Jack Daniel's in his spare time, for a track…
- Tjenbé Rèd: Anthony B must sign the RC Act
Three days after the cancellation of his concert in Vitry-le-François (51), and as his French tour continues until 5 November in Laval, Anthony B probably has…
- Winston McAnuff on tour ahead of the album
While his new album "Nostradamus", labelled 100% reggae, is awaited on 20 October 2008, Winston McAnuff will also be touring all over France from tomorrow…
- The Roots dans la vallée festival celebrates its tenth anniversary
It has been 10 years already since the Roots dans la vallée Festival began serving up its line-up every year. A symbolic anniversary that will be backed by a…
- Junkyard back again
After their excellent first album, "My yard is a junkyard", the Danes of Junkyard will present their new album next Friday on the stage of the Batofar in…
- Anthony B: concert cancelled by the town hall
Anthony B's concert, which was due to take place last night in Vitry-le-François in the Marne (51), did not go ahead after all, we learned this morning. The…
- Wake up: The people dem sound
Available since last week, "Wake up – The people dem sound" compiles the recent output of Wake Up Sound. Two musical signatures coexist on this album: Fabwize…
- Queen Ifrica signs with VP Records
Buoyed by her recent successes (including Keep it to yourself, produced by Don Corleon, currently in the charts), Queen Ifrica has just signed a contract with…
- The godfather of rocksteady has died
The reggae world, and well beyond, mourns the death of Alton Ellis, one of the founding fathers of Jamaican music and one of its most "soulful"…
- Tiwony continues the adventure with NTM
He had already opened NTM's landmark concerts at Bercy in September: Tiwony is back and will accompany the reunited duo for the rest of their tour of France's…
- Boulibaï Vibrations: an Alborosie special
Boulibaï Vibrations, Malik Boulibaï's weekly show on France Inter, will focus on Alborosie in the night from Saturday to Sunday, from midnight to 1am. On the…
- Macka Diamond launches her Galliance
After being the author of the first dancehall novel, “Bun Him”, the “Money Goddess”, Macka Diamond has once again proved her keen sense of marketing by…
- Ky-mani Marley in France
A rare visitor to our country, Ky-mani Marley will be in France at the end of the month: he will play a concert on Saturday 1 November in Blanquefort, on the…
- Anthony B on tour
Anthony B is back in the spotlight: besides two upcoming albums ("Life over death" on Mediacom on 10 November, and "Rise Up" on Greensleeves in January 2009)…
- Elephant Man will not be coming
The postponement of his Paris concert had been announced, but Elephant Man will ultimately not be playing in France, or in Europe: his entire tour of the Old…
- An end to Beenie Man's tax troubles
Beenie Man had been dragging this case along since 2007, when he was charged with tax evasion. The tax authorities were then claiming no less than 47 million…
- Mr Vegas: retirement and a best of
Tickets for his European tour this summer were expensive: to general surprise, Mr Vegas has announced he is ending his singing career, 11 years after starting…
- Reggae arrives on French-language web TV
The lack of audiovisual media devoted to reggae will be made up for on the web: besides the many web radios, it is now possible to watch web TV channels…
September 2008
- Yet another album for Vybz Kartel
Vybz Kartel seems determined to get people talking this year. In addition to his album "Trailor Load Of Money", due out in October (news of 12/08/2008)…
- Date change for Elephant Man
The news has just come in: Elephant Man's concert, planned for this Sunday at the Elysée Montmartre, has been moved to Sunday 19 October. The promoter…
- Irie Kane on Star Academy
Some may have discovered him live on TF1 on Friday night: among the Star Academy contestants, Yvane, billed as a fan of rap, ragga and dancehall, is better…
- Earl Chinna Smith back in his yard
Three years after opening Makasound's acoustic series, Inna De Yard, Earl Chinna Smith is back for a second volume, once again recorded in his yard, like…
- Love, peace, unity and homophobia
That is the title of one of the reports offered tonight, from 10.50pm, by Arte's excellent magazine Tracks, in its "virility special" edition. On the…
- Anthony B: album postponed
We will have to wait a little longer to discover the new adventures of Anthony B and Frenchie. The album "Rise Up", announced on VP for October, has been…
- Alborosie, first French tour
The Sicilian singer, who has lived in exile in Jamaica since 2000, will be doing his first French tour this autumn, starting in Marseille. Accompanied by his…
- Kom Zot, Réunion pays us a visit
We had already seen them on stage in mainland France during Albert Griffiths' last tour with the Gladiators in 2004, when they opened for them every night…
- MOBO Awards: the reggae nominees
As every year since 1996, the MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin) reward the artists of the year. The 2008 edition will take place on 15 October 2008 at…
- Ziggi: an album on Greensleeves
Ziggi Recado, the young Dutch singjay, is starting to make a name for himself. His second album, which will come out on the Dutch label Rock N Vibes, will be…
