The Congos had a hypnotic trance-like quality to their chants that comes as close as anything in reggae music to mindfulness. (more…)

Tapper Zukie made one of reggae’s more unique albums with Man Ah Warrior, brought to the world outside Jamaica by Patti Smith. (more…)

Culture were icons of the classic era of mid-Seventies conscious reggae, with a close affinity to punk. Two Sevens Clash was their landmark album. (more…)

The Mighty Diamonds were another of the glorious harmony groups to come out of Jamaica in the Seventies. (more…)

With his fragile, quavery voice, Horace Andy is one of the most distinctive figures in reggae music – and equally familiar for his work with trip-hop maestros Massive Attack. (more…)

With its catchy tune and completely crazy nonsense lyric, Dillinger had a hit that took London’s punk and reggae fans by storm back in 1976. (more…)

The instantly catchy Fade Away was a sad premonition of the career of Junior Byles, who sang what remains one of my favourite reggae tunes of all time. (more…)

The signature tune of Max Romeo, War Ina Babylon earned him a deal with Island Records in the mid-Seventies, reviving  a career that began in the late Sixties in Jamaica. (more…)

Here’s the signature song from Johnny Clarke’s golden period in the mid-Seventies when he teamed up with producer Bunny Lee and The Aggrovators. (more…)