The Difference between Reggae and Dancehall   A surge of Jamaican talent in the likes of the legendary Bob Marley, Toots, Dennis Brown, Garnett Silk and Gregory Issacs infiltrated international borders and introduced the world to a new genre, Reggae. Shortly after the world got a taste of a different spice from the island when, […]

If all you know about Rastas is that they smoke joints and grow dreadlocks, we are here to set the record straight. Sure Rastas do have dreads and they do smoke marijuana, but it’s so much deeper than that. Here are 10 facts you might not know about the movement that developed in Jamaica in […]

  It’s a fact of life in the world of music that somehow, someday, you will have to record. Whether that means going into a fancy, high-budget studio, or pressing record on a four-track at home, you won’t be able to avoid it forever. It’s a source of anxiety for many musicians, especially those who aren’t used to […]

History of music Although definitions of music vary wildly throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and it is thus considered a cultural universal. The origins of music remain highly contentious; commentators often relate it to the origin of language, with much disagreement surrounding whether music arose before, after or simultaneously with language. Many theories have been proposed by scholars from […]

The lion of Judah has long been a symbol of bravery, nobility and strength. The book of Genesis recalls Judah was the forth son of  Jacob and Leah. Jacob  was renamed Israel in the biblical texts. This is the first mention of the lion where Jacob gave Judah a special blessing. The sceptre shall not […]