Riddims Watch: Sweet Sounds
Produced by Adde productions, the Sweet Sounds riddim, is a smooth mix of reggae and R&B melody. Released in August 2012, the riddim has a melodic piano line that echoes the sweet sounds in the albums name. Most of the songs feature a choral harmony making the riddim flow smoothly from one artist to the [...]
Riddims Watch: Tuff Love
The Tuff Love Riddim is a new riddim to come out with DJ Frass Records. This riddim brings out some big names like Tarrus Riley, I Octane, and Bugle to bring their individual styles to a beat that grants each artist space to show off their versatility. The riddim appeals to those looking for a [...]
Riddims Watch: Universall
Sexy DJ Taj’s latest Dancehall mixtape, Universall, was released September 25th and has something for everyone. It’s a little over an hour of 2012′s best dancehall and reggae hits, woven together for a sure fire hit. Universall, which can be found for free download on soundcloud.com, is definitely a tape you’re going to want to [...]
Stephen Marley at the Paradise
On Monday night, contemporary reggae legend Stephen Marley played to a sold out crowd at Boston’s Paradise Rock Club. When I entered the club, the place was packed and people were more than ready to go. The house DJ was spinning a solid selection of classic roots tracks from the past couple decades such as [...]
John Brown’s Body Live In Studio
There was quite a crowd in the studio for this live performance with three horns, a guitar, a bass, a keyboardist, a sound mixer, and a drummer. Yet they fit in just fine as it was easy to see that they were definitely friends coming together to make a great sound. Originating from our very [...]
Riddims Watch: Conquering Lion
New from Chiney K productions, the Conquering Lion Riddim is a solid new showcase of well established reggae names as well a a slew of underground names making their way up. The riddim is a pretty standard reggae groove, but it is well suited to the type of vocalists featured on the track, many of [...]
Riddims Watch: Bad Behavior Riddim
Once you hear Bad Behavior Riddim, you will not stop playing it. The riddim was produced by Young Vibes Records and has four great artists. Popcaan has a great tune on this riddim. It is entitled “Whine”. This tune is bad – in a good sense, of corse. It makes you want to jump up [...]
Newport Reggae Festival
The sun was just starting to come out from behind the clouds when we arrived at the Newport Waterfront Reggae festival that afternoon and the show had been going strong for several hours. Huge throngs of people were milling around the concrete, eating, drinking, and enjoying the warm weather. The sounds of Bushman were being [...]
Riddims Watch: Perfect Key Riddim
The Perfect Key Riddim was produced by Dr. Dizzle and DLZ Records. This riddim was made in May 2012. The Perfect Key Riddim has a nice smooth vibe to it, reggae and a mellow R&B to make it a perfect riddim to keep on repeat. It has a wide range of powerful singers and song [...]
Riddims Watch: Hot Chocolate Riddim
The Hot Chocolate Riddim is one of my favorite riddims this far for 2012. This riddim came out in the beginning of the year, February 2012, but is still one of the popular riddims of this summer. It was released by DJ Smuf who is associated with 12 to 12 Records. Look out for more [...]
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Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
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