Super Beagle— Reggae artist Super Beagle is gearing up to release a new album, as he hopes to build on his renewed popularity after being sampled by Grammy Award-winning rapper Kanye West for his multi-platinum selling single, Mercy. Kanye West borrowed the intro from Super Beagle’s single, Dust A Sound Boy, which is regarded locally as one of the strongest sound clash singles of all time. The singer says online sales for Dust A Sound Boy has improved since Kanye West did the sample, and although he was tight-lipped about actual figures, he made it clear that the returns from publishing are at an all-time high. “Since the sample, the work turn up more again. I was living in the US for a while with my family, so many persons didn’t realise that Super Beagle was the one behind such … Read entire article »

  Back on the Controls By John Bergstrom There’s no denying Lee “Scratch” Perry’s status as a reggae icon. He is the producer behind much of the seminal Jamaican music of the 1960s and ‘70s. He is one of a handful of producers who basically invented dub reggae, in turn influencing scores of subsequent genres and subgenres, hip hop among them. But for the past few decades, Perry’s work has been defined more by a series of high-profile collaborators than by the Upsetter himself. The last several years alone have seen him work with Bill Laswell and the Orb. Consider it one big, long victory lap for a man who had been through some tough times while he changed the course of music. Back on the Controls, in light of Perry’s post-‘70s output, is based on … Read entire article »

  Jack Radics   Jack Radics wowed the audience at th 48th Annual Montreux Jazz Festival last night.( July 18, 2014). His 60 minute action packed performance of non- stop hits including “Tic Toc”, the monster hit ,  “Twist & Shout”, “ Moving Away” as well as his most recent chart toping release “ Way 2 Long” had the audience mesmerized. Jack Radics and his band Love & Laughter’s set took the audience through a whirlwind of emotions, from romantic, to rebellion, to conscious spirituality. Jack finished with a song that he wrote  and composed solely on his iPad called “Let Go” that left his audience inspired.     … Read entire article »