evolution of the nine
If Jah9’s last album was an open note to self meant to encourage listeners to do the difficult fire work of slashing and burning the negativity that can eat away…
Tag: Reggae
kinky reggae or reggae queered?
What do we as listeners/ viewers do with Lipstick Lover’s nontraditional entangling of Jamaican sound with queerness?
there is a nine night this friday
“Jah Shaka’s spirit lives on: Ashes to ashes, dub to dub.”
#MondayMusicMix vol 2
Welcome to another week. Reggae Sumfest 2019 was a musical explosion out of Montego Bay, Jamaica! I’ll post about all that a little later this week because music needs space…
salt or pepper, it’s (all)spice
* Following recent provocative conversations, I have added some updates to this post since the original publishing date. They are indicated in green. ~Riddim Writer~ Just when I thought that…
musical triggers, issa thing
I’ve been wanting to write about this new Protoje album, A Matter of Time, for a little while now. Every time I sat down to do so, I stopped myself and…
#dearjamaicans, we’re better than we know
Usually, preaching to the converted is a sign of redundancy, but in the case of Netflix’s Dear White People series, I’m not so sure. How many opportunities do black American college students…
“forward ever, a backward never”
Today marks a milestone for Jamaica. No, not Usain Bolt’s retirement run; that was yesterday. And, no, not Elaine Thompson’s fifth place run in the 100 meter event; that was…
"write pon di riddim" 