Ebola has been weighing heavily on my mind. From it hitting Ashoka, a friend who I met in Liberia in 2011 (and who’s attended Dutty Artz parties), to worrying about friends and family on the ground in both Sierra Leone and Liberia, I feel sort of stuck and unable to help while being in Brazil. However in the face of a seeming panic in the U.S. about the disease invading the country, and rehashed African stereotypes in the mainstream media, I find I can contribute something by writing… (more…)

Released in early 2014 on Dutty Artz, Chan Dizzy’s “Calling All Girls” – the lead single from Robzilla and Matt Shadetek’s forthcoming collaborative album based on their sessions recording vocalists in Kingston – now gets the remix treatment from a set of both veteran and up and coming producers in the global electronic music scene. (more…)