Guardian Music — Musicians from Burning Spear to Big Youth and Lee 'Scratch' Perry were inspired by the great boxer's feats in the ringThe death of the great heavyweight boxer Smokin' Joe Frazier sent me rummaging though my box of 7-inch reggae singles from the early... more info

Guardian Music — Thanks to your herculean efforts this week, we can dust off and put on display a rich list of historical recordsIt's been a week of excavation, a playlist painstakingly pieced together with valuable and neglected fragments covered by millennia of dus... more info

Guardian Music — Frontman of reggae group the EthiopiansAs leader of the Ethiopians harmony group, the singer Leonard Dillon, who has died of cancer aged 68, scored an impressive number of hit singles during the 1960s and 70s, and was one of the first Jamaican perfor... more info

The Quietus — The legendary label is celebrating its thirtieth year with a record of Lee 'Scratch' Perry interpretations, an event at Rough Trade East and more. more info

Guardian Music — Published by Soul Jazz, The Cover Art Of Studio One celebrates the design of the legendary Jamaican recording studioWith its roots in Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd's Downbeat soundsystem, Studio One was unrivalled in Jamaica as the engine room for the e... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lee "Scratch" Perry at Highline Ballroom (more by Greg Cristman) Lee "Scratch" Perry has a few limited dates scheduled in the US in September, including one SATURDAY NIGHT (9/10) at BB King's with Subatomic Sound System and Jahdan Blakkamore. Tickets... more info

Guardian Music — Top Jamaican reggae label scion, he signed Sean Paul and Beenie Man and raised the standard of dancehallJoel Chin, who has been killed outside his home in Jamaica at the age of 35, was the director of A&R (artists and repertoire) for VP Records, the... more info

We Like it Lossless! — ~Scape / 2000It's hard for me to comprehend that 'Just Landed' actually landed eight years ago now, it seems like only yesterday when I was on a mission to find just about anything that had any connection to Pole and was confronted with the record. B... more info

Altsounds — With under six weeks to go to this year's *READING & LEEDS FESTIVAL*, two new acts have been added to the bill. *LITTLE ROY* cut his first single at the legendary Studio One in 1965 and grew up in Kingston surrounded by many of Jamaican music's big... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Paul Simon, Lee Scratch Perry and Jimmy Cliff play blinding sets at Glastonbury Saga stage. All over 70 Tony Benn oldest at 95 !" - @jamesosborn25 "Best thing musically I saw at Glastonbury was probably SBTRKT on the Friday night... more info