Interview with Yabby You
Vivian Jackson (14 August 1946 – 12 January 2010), better known as Yabby You (or sometimes Yabby U), was a reggae vocalist and producer, who came to prominence in...
Interview with Scientist
December 30, 2018, Los Angeles By Stephen Cooper PART1 Mr. Brown, thanks again for taking the time to do this interview. I understand you just...
Interview with Ranking Joe
By Angus Taylor on Sunday, January 29, 2012 Ranking Joe (born Joe Jackson, 1959, Jamaica) grew up around his father’s dances in 1960s Kingston. Bitten by the bug,...
Interview with Max Romeo
By Sthepehn Cooper , Apr 3, 2019 In a career spanning fifty-five years, legendary reggae star Max Romeo’s many hit songs have brought joy to millions of fans...
Interview with Gregory Isaacs
Gregory Isaacs – Deeper Depths, Higher Heights Ray Hurford – More Axe (1987) Gregory Isaacs was born in Denham Town, West Kingston. He made his first record around...
Interview with Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee
“STRAIGHT FROM STRIKER’S HEAD” By Peter I – London UK Let the spotlight now shine on one important, but controversial, part of the Jamaican music business, in...
Interview with Mutabaruka
1984 – ITALY ITAL REGGAE Has your poetry always been political? MUTABARUKA Politics is a word that is used to attract people. The poor people don’t know anything about...
Interview With Linton Kwesi Johnson
Interview: Linton Kwesi Johnson By Nicholas Wroe Thirty years ago, it was not uncommon to encounter white, middle-class suburban and provincial teenagers wearing badges that proclaimed...
Interview with Dennis Bovell
04/09/2014 by Angus Taylor Who is Dennis Bovell? Is he the architect of lovers rock – who helped give the UK its own style of reggae and women...
Interview with Prince Far I
By Giorgio Battaglia Popstar Italia – 1985 Battaglia: And then, the song “Under Heavy Manners” was adopted as an anthem by the PNP (National People’s Party), it’s now...
Interview with Lee Perry
by Geoff Stanfield – Mar/Apr 2020 When you first started making dub records, what made you want to use echoes and reverbs? The music’s so transportive, and it’s...
Interview with Adrian Sherwood
Adrian Maxwell Sherwood (born 20 January 1958, London, England) is an English record producer specialising in the genre of dub music. He has created a distinctive production style...
Interview with Lloydie Coxosone
“Sounds called Coxsone is the first. Sounds that control the universe and quench your musical thirsts…”
(I Roy: ‘Coxsone Affari’) “PEOPLE SAY Coxsone sound is finished now… but we...
Interview with African Head Charge
African Head Charge started life as a studio recording project in 1981 when the percussion talents of Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah combined with the studio wizardry of Adrian Sherwood....
Interview with Mabrak
I started playing music from an early age, probably six or seven years old, in 1960. I’d play on a butter pan, which is a very big plastic bottle...