PicStitch Provides authentic roots reggae vibes and dancehall rhythms in two contrasting tracks, Don Dadda and Ram Dancehall. Reggae is always there when you need it. For some people it’s life, for others, it helps them through tough times, and then there’s those of you who just enjoy it as the background music to your day. However you like your reggae, PicStitch provides a … [Read more...] about PicStitch: Don Dadda/Ram Dancehall – Review
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Review: The Skints – Swimming Lessons
The Skints return with new record Swimming Lessons, as the band tailor their reggae-influenced mix of genres and styles into stylised perfection. In this day and age, it can be hard to make any music influenced by reggae that stands out amongst the crowd. It’s such a strong genre with a large and devoted fanbase, and usually only picked up by the mainstream for a while … [Read more...] about Review: The Skints – Swimming Lessons
Review: Mista Savona Presents – Havana Meets Kingston
Mista Savona returns on production duties for this impressive and unique hotbed of talent drawing on the best sounds straight out of Cuba and Jamaica. So close, but so different in terms of culture, politics and society is one way to look at Cuba and Jamaica. And yet it’s these differences, and the fact they’re close neighbours, that make this collaboration work so well. … [Read more...] about Review: Mista Savona Presents – Havana Meets Kingston
Your Bass or Mine: An Appreciation of the Bass Player
When it comes to bands, a lot of people tend to forget how important the bass is. There are always the usual jokes about the bassist being the un-cool one with no personality (a theory I heavily disagree with, being a former bass player), and that they lack the stage presence of other members of the group. Bass players can stand out; look at the front of London Calling … [Read more...] about Your Bass or Mine: An Appreciation of the Bass Player