Tag: carnival

• On Dancehall Queen

  Key participants consistently create, or transcend boundaries, notably, in the form of categories, spaces and material reality. The phenomenon of Dancehall queen is a crucial example. Dancehall queens emerged as informal community celebrities and have existed since the 1970s. Since Poochiloo and other less acknowledged queens of the Dancehall, Carlene Smith (the 1992 media proclaimed […]

  Jah Billah

  June 20, 2022

  Higher Learning

  2004, Akan, BURRU, Carlene, carnival, dancehall, Dancehall Queen, Empress Menen, kumina, Matriachy, Queenie, rastafari, Reevival, Sonjah Stanley Niaah

• Dub London – Bassline of a City

  Great video about dub experience in London along with Museum of London exhibition (closed September 2021) featuring such items as original Channel One sound stacks.

  Jah Billah

  January 24, 2022

  dUb, Higher Learning

  afro, bass, Bob Marley, carnival, dUb, JA, jah shaka, London, Notting Hill, Saxon, SOUNDSYSTEM, UK