With its roots in Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd's Downbeat soundsystem, Studio One was unrivalled in Jamaica as the engine room for the emergent sound of reggae. All accounts of its heyday in the ...

Heartbeat Records continues its refurbishing of the fabled Studio One reggae catalog with today's release of the compilation "Six the Hard Way," which is both a pet project and the fulfillment of a… ...

Here’s one more reason to love Black History Month: It coincides with Reggae Month, a global celebration of the music and culture deemed an “an intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO. In 2008, ...

Back in spring we told you about Heartbeat Record's repackaging of classic Studio One discs -- some of which were reissues to begin with -- and we're happy to see that the discs continue to flow. Back ...

The Jamaican record producer Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, who has died of a heart attack aged 72, nurtured the career of nearly every internationally renowned reggae artist. He was one of the first to ...