A sound system music event has been organised to fundraise for people affected by the devastation of Hurricane Melissa. The category five storm hit Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba at the end of October ...
Sound-system culture in the UK became a refuge for the children of Windrush who were searching for a foothold in an increasingly hostile country. Black people were 15 times more likely to be stopped ...
Join us for a night of pure roots and dub at the Dub City Session featuring EXODUS Sound System. EXODUS has been a part of the roots scene since the 80s, bringing deep basslines and conscious ...
After a sell-out event in 2022, the celebration of Jamaica’s sound system culture is back. Head to the Yarra Valley for reggae and classic dub, Caribbean food trucks and more. For those not familiar ...
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"They're an Intrinsic Part of Carnival": 70 Years Ago, Jamaican Sound Systems Changed British Music Forever
In 1955, Duke Vin, a sharply dressed and entrepreneurial British Rail employee in west London, who had arrived from Kingston, Jamaica just a year earlier, built his first sound system. It was a ...
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