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Just days before an announced closure, the Coupland Dancehall has been saved as a Texas country music shrine. On Aug. 11, Abbey Road, owner of the Coupland Dancehall, located in a rural community in ...
If you were alive and clubbing in the boroughs in the 1980s and ‘90s, chances are you saw advertisements for a “sound clash.” If you were lucky—and near enough to Flatbush, Jamaica or Wakefield—you ...
The last dances are always the most telling. The last dances, the last calls, the last times that familiar faces will gather in a familiar room and pretend that some things will not change. We live ...
Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by Soul-Rebel Marley and JayBlem. By Kyle Denis If the heatwave during the New York City Democratic mayoral primary election didn’t make it ...
For Grammy-nominated artiste and producer Walshy Fire, three decades in the music industry has nurtured a rich cultural legacy he believes is worth sharing. Inspired by his collection of posters ...
A debut book from Major Lazer MC and DJ Walshy Fire documents rare dancehall flyers and posters from around the world. Titled Art of Dancehall: Flyer and Poster Designs of Jamaican Dancehall Culture, ...
Walshy Fire has long been involved in the dancehall scene. As a kid, he grew up near House of Leo, an iconic dancehall venue in Kingston, Jamaica. As a young adult, he joined Black Chiney, a Jamaican ...
After decades of being unable to physically connect with their fan base in the United States due to visa revocations, several of dancehall’s pioneers have once again been given the green light to ...
“I would really like for the artists to come in and make connections and understand the game and not get fucked like the old ones did,” said Shaggy of the third annual confab. By Janeé Bolden Artists, ...
The Jamacian-born singer put on a one-of-a-kind performance at the 2025 MOBO awards SINGER Spice, who has been dubbed The Queen of Dancehall by fans, has revealed the way that icon Shaggy not only ...
Only a handful of days into 2022, and Spice is already on top of the world. A Grammy nomination under her belt, a nod from none other than our forever POTUS, Barack Obama, and a groundbreaking new ...