Reggae
Rootsland Revisits the Sordid Political History of Jamaican Ganja
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-06T20:00:53+00:00“>April 6, 2021 | 4:00pm ET Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Radio Public | Breaker | Pocket Casts | RSS Presented by Consequence of Sound and Voice Boxx Studios, Rootsland is a weekly docuseries podcast that explores the story of two friends who take a musical and spiritual journey from the suburbs of Long Island to the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Today, host Henry “K” Karyo continues Season 1: “Reggae, Junkie, Jew” with another exciting chapter. Related Video Because of the global impact of reggae and the rise of Rastafari culture, the island of Jamaica and marijuana — or “ganja”, as it is called — are forever joined as one....
Rootsland Charts the Influence of Reggae Across Kingston
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Radio Public | Breaker | Pocket Casts | RSS Presented by Consequence of Sound and Voice Boxx Studios, Rootsland is a weekly docuseries podcast that explores the story of two friends who take a musical and spiritual journey from the suburbs of Long Island to the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Today, host Henry “K” Karyo continues Season 1: “Reggae, Junkie, Jew” with another exciting chapter. For the first generation of Jamaicans to grow up listening to reggae music, these songs weren’t just jams for a Saturday night of dancing — they were a guidebook for life. The music was inspiring an entire nation with its timeless messages of love, inclusion, and acceptance. In Chapter 6: “Unchained”, Henry discovers that not everyone in...
Rootsland Goes to Court With the Marley Estate
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Radio Public | Breaker | Pocket Casts | RSS Presented by Consequence of Sound and Voice Boxx Studios, Rootsland is a weekly docuseries podcast that explores the story of two friends who take a musical and spiritual journey from the suburbs of Long Island to the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Today, host Henry “K” Karyo continues Season 1: “Reggae, Junkie, Jew” with another exciting chapter. In Chapter 5: “Money Can’t Buy Life”, Henry continues working at Tuff Gong Studios and learns that the future of the Marley Estate will be decided in the courts. Beyond the legal mumbo jumbo, he also has a chance meeting at a hotel bar with a local gangster named Rude Boy Tex, who may prove to be his most valuable connection during his t...
Grammys 2021: Toots and the Maytals Win Best Reggae Album for Got to Be Tough
Toots Hibbert posthumously won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for his final record with Toots and the Maytals, Got to Be Tough. Hibbert died in September at the age of 77 due to complications caused by COVID-19. Got to Be Tough was the band’s first LP since 2010’s Flip and Twist. In claiming Best Reggae Album, it beat out releases like One World by The Wailers, It All Comes Back to Love by Maxi Priest, Higher Place by Skip Marley, and Upside Down 2020 by Buju Banton. Accepting the award from his home in Montego Bay, the group’s bassist for over 50 years, Jackie Jackson, said, “This is a great honor for a legend and so well-deserved. No words can express how we guys are feeling right now.” Toots and the Maytals previously won Be...
R.I.P. Bunny Wailer, Founding Member of The Wailers Dead at 73
Bunny Wailer, a founding member of The Wailers alongside Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, has died at the age of 73. According to the Jamaica Observer, Wailer died Tuesday, March 2nd in Kingston, Jamaica. No cause of death was given, but Wailer had been in and out of the hospital since suffering a stroke last year. Wailer was born Neville Livingston on April 10th, 1947. As a child living in Jamaica’s St. Ann Parish, he befriended Bob Marley. The boys grew even closer when, following the death of Marley’s father in 1955, Marley’s mother moved in with Livingston’s father. In 1963, Livingston and Marley, along with their friend Peter Tosh, moved to Kingston and formed a reggae group called The Wailing Wailers (later shortened to The Wailers). The trio saw almost immediate success, topping the...
Wyclef Jean on Covering Bob Marley and a Third Fugees Album
Kyle Meredith With… Wyclef Jean Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Wyclef Jean hangs out with Kyle Meredith to dive into his new podcast series, Run That Back, and his Bob Marley cover for Amazon Music. The Fugees member also celebrates the 25th anniversary of The Score, speculates on what a third LP from the group would have sounded like. Jean then regales us with stories of disguising Van Halen songs in his church and starting as a jazz musician while wanting to be a composer. Later on, he gives updates on his recent 2020 singles, his Netflix movie Prince of Port au Prince, scoring Showtime’s The Chi, the Sodo Mood Lab, and what’s next for Haiti. In related news, Rootsland is curre...
Rootsland Podcast to Explore the True Story of Reggae
Subscrube: Spotify | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | RSS In celebration of Bob Marley’s 76th birthday as well as Black History Month, Consequence of Sound is proud to present Rootsland, a new podcast series that explores the story of two friends who take a musical and spiritual journey from the suburbs of Long Island to the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Beginning Monday, February 15th, host Henry “K” Kayro will share stories that take listeners across myriad landscapes that span styles, genres, and exotic locales. At the center of these adventures is Henry, a disillusioned justice major at American University, and Brian, an aspiring singer, two souls navigating the world of reggae music from label to location. “Our mission was to create a podcast where the only thing more captivating than the m...
Flavour – Sawa Sawa ft. Bennie Man
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R.I.P. Toots Hibbert, Reggae Pioneer and Frontman of Toots & The Maytals Dies at 77
Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert, founder of the pioneering reggae group Toots & the Maytals, has died at the age of 77. Hibbert had been hospitalized in his native Kingston, Jamaica after contracting COVID-19. He passed away Friday, September 11th, surrounded by family, according to a statement. By incorporating elements of Jamaican ska and rocksteady alongside traditional gospel, soul, R&B, and rock & roll, Hibbert is widely credit as being one of the originators of the reggae genre. In fact, Toots & the Maytals’ 1968 single “Do the Reggay” was the first song to use the word “reggae” and would ultimately give the genre its name. In the early 1960s, Hibbert formed The Maytals alongside fellow vocalists Henry “Raleigh” Gordon and Nathaniel “Jerry” Mathias and i...
Toots and the Maytals Singer Toots Hibbert Hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit
Toots Hibbert, leader of Toots and the Maytals, is in the intensive care unit at a Jamaican hospital. Hibbert’s family confirmed his hospitalization in a statement, noting that he is awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test. Fortunately, they say Hibbert “is making positive progress” and “is showing signs of improvement by the hour.” While reports of Mr. Hibbert being in an intensive care unit at a private facility in the Corporate Area are true, the family would like to assure those concerned that he is making positive progress and is receiving the best possible treatment, while he awaits the results on his COVID-19 test. He is resting and in good spirits, and is showing signs of improvement by the hour. His family has asked everyone to hold him in their prayers, and would like to thank th...
ALBUM: Patoranking – Three
Nigerian Dance Hall artist, Patoranking has released his third studio project titled “Three” album. This time, Patoranking’s new project, “Three” album houses 12-tracks and features the likes of Flavour, Sauti Sol, Tiwa Savage and King Promise. With production assistance from Telz, Mr Kamera, Hysaint and others. TRACKLIST: https://naijatunez.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Patoranking-–-Mon-Bébé-ft.-Flavour.mp3 DOWNLOAD MP3: Patoranking – Mon Bébé (feat. Flavour) DOWNLOAD MP3: Patoranking – Yo Body https://naijatunez.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Patoranking-–-Whine-It-ft.-Sauti-Sol.mp3 DOWNLOAD MP3: Patoranking – Whine It (feat. Sauti Sol) DOWNLOAD MP3: Patoranking – Nobody DOWNLOAD MP3: Patoranking – Black Girl Magic https://naijatunez.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Patoranking...
Popcaan Drops FIXTAPE Featuring Drake: Stream
Popcaan is marking Jamaican Independence Day with a brand new project called FIXTAPE. The 19-track effort features collaborations with Drake, PartyNextDoor, French Montana, Preme, Masicka, Stylo G, Dane Ray, Frahcess One, Tommy Lee, and Jada Kingdom. Stream it in full below via Apple Music or Spotify. Drake in particular pops… Please click the link below to read the full article. Popcaan Drops FIXTAPE Featuring Drake: Stream Alex Young You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
