Check the pics from Raggasonic show in Carcassonne, France.

"I decided to start from scratch with Scratch"

This week in Jamaica ... and Spain.

"This is not a joke for me, this music is  really real for me. And the things that people are singing about, I’ve actually lived."

France biggest Reggae festival at his 13th edition.

Sweet voice of Sugar Minott silenced at 54.

Check out these pics of Tarrus Riley’s show in Paris early August.

A cross-generational fusion everyone can enjoy.

This week in Jamaica ...

Marcus Garvey, Jamaica’s first National Hero was born in St. Ann’s Bay on August 17, 1887.

An all-star line-up featuring Niyorah, Toussaint, Tippy I, Andrew "Bassie" Campbell, Tuff Lion and more blessed the Bay Area with one of this summer's standout shows.

"Everything has come back around to the roots. Even in the United States or Japan, it's the roots that people want to hear"

The French reggae festival’s first time in the open air under the sun of Provence.

The very fascinating debut from Toussaint with I Grade Records

The first big festival in London since 2000 with Luciano, Michael Prophet, Julian Marley, Tippa Irie, Lloyd Brown and more...

"I am Babylon Nightmare. The nightmare of a confused, crazy society. Because we're not confused."

Soul-induced ska, rocksteady and reggae from one of the UK’s Premier Outfits.

"You are an artist, you are a poet, you are dealing with literature, you are putting out what tomorrow’s world is supposed to be like, or is gonna be like. It’s in your hands, so what are you doing towards it?"

Check these photos of Inna De Yard All Stars in Paris including Earl Chinna Smith, Cedric Congo Myton, Kiddus I, Derajah, Matthew McAnuff and Clinton Fearon.

"I’m a singer that always tries to create. I try to always be futuristic and always advanced on a level."

This week in Jamaica - Emancipendence, Sugar Minott funerals and Uptown Reggae with Juss Ice, Marcus I and Alex Marley

"No matter the struggle, no matter the fight, the hardship, the rock and the hard place, I’m here."

Almost every piece here stands up well in its own right.

This week in Jamaica...

Warrior King celebrated the 118th birthday of Haile Selassie I in San Francisco with songs from three albums spanning the past decade, plus bits of what's to come from his anticipated next release.

Check out these pics from Capleton and Jah Thunder live in Paris.

California welcomed UK's latest dancehall sensation Gappy Ranks from L.A. to the Bay.

"I'm very proud of where the music has come, overall its a great achievement"

Free concert by SISTA, Gappy Ranks, Tippa Irie and Twinkle Brothers in London's Brockwell Park.

"They were too much gun tune and I said "No. Nah do that man. Me just gwaan catch some fish""

These releases contain essential 12” versions from the time when the Mighty Two were in their ascendancy.

This week in Jamaica...

This year one of the greatest Reggae-Festivals in Europe was celebrating his 25th anniversary. It took place from 2nd-4th July in Cologne at the wonderful area around the “Fühlinger See”.

With more grit in the lyrics and the vast majority of the tracks hitting Luciano's recent best standards, it's well worth your time.

"Tappa Zukie loved the arranging horns whereas Bertram would just sit back and let you do what you wanted to do"

A weekend showcasing world music featuring reggae artists from Jamaica, Guayana, Trinidad, Israel, Italy, the United States and more.

This week in Jamaica ... Yendi Phillips, Capleton, Jolly Boys and Reggae Sumfest

The first truly 21st century reggae and forward thinking album I have heard.

"I understood that the message of peace and love was deeply rooted into the close political environment of the artists"

This hands-across-the-water effort should be on your stereo right now.

Check out these smoking photos!

The toil and reward of a simple honest life.

If it’s good enough for Ranglin, it’s good enough for you.

"I'm just trying to do my best to keep up the strength of consciousness"

This Week in Jamaica...

Check these exclusive photos from Steel Pulse live in California.

NiyoRah bridges the gap with his most refined set to date.

Check our photos of these legendary veterans in action.

"It was at this point I began to understand the vibe and understated power behind reggae music"

The son of reggae royalty and the darling of conscious hip-hop take
their show on the road.

“The Fireman” turns soulful balladeer, confirming he is an all time great.

"As an artiste, reggae is my life, it’s my job, it’s my work, it’s my play. It’s my everything. We’re always creating songs and ideas, and we work with reggae music all day everyday "

You want to listen to Early Reggae, Rocksteady and Ska music? Then you have to come to the Riverside Stomp Open Air in Germany.

You can’t fault the amount of great music this will bring to new ears.

Not for reggae purists or the easily offended.

An intimate portrait of the life and legacy of Lucky Dube, the King of African Reggae.

Photos of Michael Rose and Andrew Tosh playing in the Club Universum in Stuttgart.

One man's journey through the music and culture he loves.

Miami's Best of the Best joined reggae to hip hop but everyone seemed satisfied by night's end.

Love = Music, The Brilliant Equation Behind Toots and the Maytals. Interview with Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, May 13, 2010 San Diego’s Soundwave.

Perfect, who posts up at large capacity venues in all corners of the globe, stopped through San Francisco’s little Rockit Room last month for an intimate Tuesday night performance.

Ginjah and Flava deliver a very mature debut set.

Steeped in the roots tradition, but with a very sound of now feel.

"The advantage of it is that I have a Father who has set a high standard in the world as one of the greatest Reggae artists"

"Roots collectors help the exploiting producers to exploit the musicians even more"

A sparkling one drop from the Tune In Crew.

"When I saw Jimi Hendrix playing left handed I said, Nah man. I can do this!"

Check these photos of some of the biggest artists that played in Paris last year.

"One of the great I-complishments, just to know that there are people who give thanks for my type of art, for the right message"

A hit and miss attack.

An evening with one of the most morally-militant and passionate performers in modern reggae.

The music veteran tells Davina Morris that society needs to go back to old school values, and explains why The Harder They Come could have a sequel!

Gentleman live in his hometown Cologne in Germany - Check out our photos.

"It never mattered to me who the public thought I was. As long as I know I am a decent person I'm fine."

Chezidek delivers what is certain to be one of the strongest albums of 2010

"I don't think I should use any personal controversy to sell my music"

Arguably his finest work.

Humanity, compassion and conviction in equal measure.

Jessica Dore had a chance to chat with Starr about his new compilation album Most Wanted, and what it means to be a conscious reggae artist.

"You had to know how to take Coxsone. How to move with him"

An album that has the potential to push Natty King to the forefront of the reggae industry.

"While on the tour I got up one morning with this great inspiration from the most High Jah that when I leave this tour and go back to Jamaica I should do this album"

A lovingly made, easily digestible presentation of its subject to the world.

"I'm like the Dr Phil of reggae !"

An album that will uplift the soul and show the diversity of reggae.

Warrior King and Junior Kelly live in Paris - Check out our photos.

Sweetness Inna Early Dancehall.

Romain Virgo at Paradise Lounge, San Francisco, April 7, 2010

Basic electronic rhythms and strong dancehall songs add up to a welcome re-issue.

Dub needn't be dull with Jammy at the controls...

Jammy's early productions are well celebrated here.

"My plans are to try to save the music"

Junior Kelly delivers and the world feels right with him back.

The Reggae major Greensleeves/VP Records comes with a compilation of Chukki Starr’s hits.

"A thousand years is just an evening gone in the sight of The Almighty"

Max Romeo, The Congos and Lee Perry live in Paris - Check out our exclusive photos.

Features intriguing departures from the group’s more famous works.

Lutan Fyah live in Paris - Check out our exclusive photos.

If you’re fresh to the sounds of Santic this is a good place to start.

Conscious, Righteous, Roots.

Debut album from UK reggae artist with plenty to say.

Rod Taylor and Positive Roots Band live at La Bellevilloise - Check out our exclusive photos.

Assorted Roots Fashioned Flavours.

A very unique and interesting sound by Ijahman Levi daughters.

"People that want to hear strictly roots alone without one love song – that’s about two percent of reggae listeners!" Nereus Joseph talks to Angus Taylor on the set of his latest video Africa For Africans.

Alborosie shows no signs of losing his touch.

HELP Jamaica! is a registered non-profit organization based in Germany and Jamaica. Its aim ? Build libraries and education centers in needy communities in Jamaica. Chairperson Hilmar Keding tells United Reggae about the cause.

A Collection of Chilled Out Instrumentals from Ireland.

Zion High productions re-release the great Rebelution and its dub version.

"If you do something for Africa you have to bring reggae music in to it because from day one reggae is the music that started singing about Africa."

A Triumphant return.

"Jah Shaka never recorded any English artists before he recorded me".

A dynamic duo navigates a galaxy of stars.

Vivian Jackson died of a stroke on January 12, 2010. His works live on.

A three-volume ‘showcase’ of 12" versions that completes the essential Gibbs catalogue.

A back 2 basics spiritual affair.

Reggae in a classic style with some fine riddims from Roots Hitek.

Showcases its maker’s many moods, encompassing several musical directions.

Collects Lutan Fyah's work for Flava McGregor, showing his softer side.

Christian and Rastafarian inspired songs

"My father’s music was Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye, and my kind of music is Amy Winehouse and John Legend"

Marc Ismail, the Swiss journalist and producer of Soul of Anbessa records, returns from recording his second riddim in Jamaica with these stunning pictures.

Many styles from a guitar master