"Storms Of Life" [Silly Walks Discotheque]

First up this week is the latest set from the big German label, Silly Walks, who I don't think we've heard from in quite a while actually (from the top of my head, their last piece would have been the Aspire Riddim I think ...

"Jah Golden Throne" [Zion High Productions - 2012]

Definitely with the exception of the few album's ...

Do you know what I really like ? As a . . . Reggae . . . Writing person . . . Or whatever I am, the one thing that I've identified that I appreciate above just about everything else is passion. Passion is something which is very unique because it is something which can manifest itself in so many different ways and this is particularly true and ...

Not that I'd know myself, at all, but I would imagine that being really talented [at doing something] must be pretty nice! As an outsider looking in, I can definitely see how something like that might come to really nice usage at times. This would be true for just about anything in question, I'd imagine, but in ...

"God Is On My Side" by Richie Stephens [Pot of Gold/VP Records]

First up this week is someone who, although I'm not the biggest fan of, deserves a big respect and generally gets it for all he manages to do. It's the well esteemed Richie Stephens with his brand new forthcoming album (can something be ...

It was so interesting, a few years back, when we were literally in the midst of watching an entire subgenre of Reggae music totally explode and find so much success on so many different levels. There were artists seemingly coming up from out of nowhere consistently and not only would you find yourself 'discovering' these individuals, but you'd ...

2012 has been very good to us. If you haven't been paying a very good attention [shame on you], with just the very first third of the year having recently wrapped up, we are in the midst of a virtual storm of big named artists and lesser known, but extremely impressive names, releasing very strong albums and it ...

The front door of the house of Reggae music doesn't actually have a lock on it. In fact, it's always wide opened. Whether you are planning on unpacking your bags, getting a room and 'sticking around' for a while or even if you're just waiting around to just pick someone up, it doesn't matter. All ...

I'd like to think that the actual process of making a strong compilation album is something more than just throwing together good songs because if it isn't, maybe I should get into the . . . Compiling business. When they're good, and not of the very specific variety, there's something so nice about being able to hear a string ...

You're capable. Listening to good music and being able to listen to good music, in my opinion, is really one of the greatest joys and experiences that life has to offer. Because of what we do around here and just how much awareness and work it might require at times, I may seem as if my passion isn ...

The concept of unity and uniting are ones which are very often explored in Roots Reggae music and always have been, for the most part. Be it in the completely broad sense of 'bringing the people together' or uniting for some specific purpose or another, it's definitely become one of the foundational topics of discussion for the genre ...

As it would turn out, these days - running through names like Konshens, I-Octane and Busy Signal - we've kind of been focused on artists lately who are very exclusive to modern Reggae and Dancehall music. These are individuals who, although as talented as they are, surely they would've adjusted, but as they are, simply would nott have fit ...

Show me! While I'm certainly not someone who is a fan of every genre of music, I would like to think that there is something from everyone of them that I'd be able to appreciate, when they're done at their absolute respective bests. I would assume that this would apply even in the most remote instances ...

Blend dem. Probably for as long as there's been more than a single genre of music, there's been someone, somewhere trying to combine their sounds together. So much so is that the case that on some [not too] far off day in the [not so] distant future, there may not even be different types of music and ...