All posts by Marvin Sparks

The annual Summerjam reggae festival took place in Germany 6-8th July, bringing tens of thousands of fans from across Europe to see a wide array of artists ranging from legends to exciting newcomers to the much-loved Jamaican music. Grammy-winning Rastafarian roots-reggae icon Burning Spear, dancehall king Beenie Man, reggae’s most recent Grammy-winner Stephen Marley, toasting [...]

Saturday 14th July sees the official screening of feature-length film The Heatwave Presents Showtime: The Bashment Stage Show at Willesden Green Library Cinema as part of the British Black Music Film All-Dayer. [...]

Damian Marley joins Busy Signal on the remix for an ode to the dark side of “Kingston Town”. [...]

Fresh on the heels of the socially observational “The System” by rising star Popcaan over the Loudspeaker riddim, living legend Beenie Man releases the visual accompaniment to his take titled “Hot Like Fire”. The club-ready ode to hot, independent women with class features a whole heap of waist rotation everywhere from a construction site, garrison [...]

Mr. Vegas passed the 7 million mark for the original video to the dancehall club-smash “Bruk It Down” (posted in April) and has now unveiled a brand new version. [...]

Chimney Records‘ acoustic guitar-led EP Chill Spot Riddim produces its second single in recent weeks, following Christopher Martin‘s “Chill Spot.” Tarrus Riley ventures into the dancehall with a hint of the R&B side of life on his latest single, “Dream Woman.” Although he’s best known for a live instrument-based roots reggae sound, tapping into the [...]

Current dancehall poster boy, Popcaan releases visual imagery to accompany his socially conscious track “The System”. [...]

Christopher Martin unveils the visuals for his latest single “Chill Spot,” aiming to take the listener to a peaceful place on the acoustic guitar-lead, R&B-tinged Chill Spot riddim produced by Chimney. Martin pays tribute (send a big up) to all the places we can go to release stress and pressure from the mind — be [...]

Forward-thinking bashment sound system The Heatwave will be taking their “Showtime” stage show to Birmingham as part of the 2012 BASS Festival celebrating “British Arts and Street Sounds.” Following up the London show will be extremely hard, however the lineup suggests that an exciting night lays ahead. [...]

UK’s number one bashment artist Stylo G links up with DJ crew Chinese Assassins to release the Call Me A Yardie: Releaded mixtape. Stylo’s popularity has increased dramatically since the original Robbo Ranx-hosted tape dropped just before last summer, mainly due to the success of his club anthem “Call Mi A Yardie.” Radio playlists, big [...]