City Cat Radio, the weekly radio program of Oakland’s own DJ/Producer/Engineer DJ HENROC, is designed to celebrate plain old good music including Soul, Roots, Reggae, Dancehall, Soca, Afro Beat, Funk, ...

Drake has long credited Kartel as one of his biggest influences, referencing him in interviews and on social media. Drake ...

This winter proved to be an unseasonably hot one on the Billboard charts. Dancehall reggae stars Sean Paul and Wayne Wonder blazed their way into the American pop mainstream with authentic, sizzling ...

As a pop-culture-consuming whole, Americans have a strange relationship with Jamaican dancehall. Although it’s one of the most important and prolific music scenes in the world, we routinely ignore it ...

Vybz Kartel’s first concert in Toronto had a special guest — and performance. During the dancehall musician’s show at ...

Marie Sano, popularly known as Bad Gyal Marie, returns to the Big Chune stage after seven years.

In indie circles, there’s a rekindled interest in ska, rocksteady, dub and digi dancehall happening as well, primarily in California. Noisy lo-fi acts like Sun Araw and Peaking Lights dabble heavily.

Get ready for a night of pure vibes as Afrobeat and Dancehall go head-to-head in an epic soundclash at Privilege!! On November 21st, 10PM – 4AM, top DJs will battle it out track for track, bringing ...

In October 2013, Charlotte resident Manning Sweat’s recording studio on West 24th Street hosted a girl’s Sweet Sixteen birthday party. After the party had started, Sweat said his son – who was at the ...

Back in 2017, Toronto-based DJ and host of popular party JERK, Bambii, provided The FADER with a beautifully-varied 40-minute long mix that stretched the possibilities of club music. On it, she made ...