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Live Reggae • Dancehall • Diaspora September 2026 Reggae & Dancehall Live Calendar: From Jamaica to Brooklyn, Europe and the U.S. Capleton lights the fuse before September begins, then Burning Spear, Caribbean Carnival, Protoje, The Wailers and Ziggy Marley carry the music across borders. One music. Different cities. Generations meeting on stages thousands of miles apart. The September 2026 live calendar offers a compact picture of reggae's global geography. Jamaica provides the opening fire. A roots elder takes the music into the Netherlands. Brooklyn turns Eastern Parkway into a Caribbean cultural artery. Protoje and The Indiggnation cross the American West, while The Wailers and Ziggy Marley keep Jamaican music moving through major international stages. Here are the dates Reggae Hour has on the radar. August 30 — Capleton: Encore Live — Culture Rising Plantation Cove •...

Dancehall • Portmore • New Music Malie Donn’s The Golden Child : Portmore’s Next Dancehall Statement Arrives September 4 Twenty tracks, a Portmore foundation, Byron Messia and Squash in the mix, and six videos already prepared: Malie Donn is treating his debut like an arrival, not an introduction. Portmore has never needed permission to shape dancehall. The St. Catherine city has spent decades feeding Jamaican popular culture with artists, sounds, street language and new definitions of what dancehall can become. Now Malie Donn is preparing to put his own chapter into that continuing story. The 25-year-old Waterford, Portmore artist is scheduled to release his debut studio album, The Golden Child , on September 4, 2026 via VP Records . The project runs 20 tracks and draws from recordings made across roughly two years, according to DancehallMag. THE GOLDEN CHILD 20 tracks. ...

```html From foundation reggae to the digital age, Steve Tulloch continues to put message before hype. Steve Tulloch After Studio One: The Reggae Veteran on Ownership, the Next Generation and Why Love Is the Only Way Our first Steve Tulloch feature introduced the Kingston 13 artist, his Studio One foundation and the conscious message behind Belly Want Food . Then we sat down with him. What followed revealed something deeper: the experiences, principles and concerns that still drive the man behind the music. Powered by RedCircle In our earlier Reggae Hour profile, we traced Steve Tulloch’s journey from Kingston 13 through Studio One, Ghetto Life and Belly Want Food . We explored an artist who believes reggae should educate, uplift and speak directly to the realities facing ordinary people. But biography can only take you so far. An interview allow...

Two SAMA32 Nominations. One Unfinished Mission. Reggae Hour | Hope, resilience, and the road ahead Don Dada did not take home the SAMA32 Best Reggae Album trophy. But that is not the whole story. The larger truth is that two different Don Dada projects earned Best Reggae Album nominations in consecutive SAMA cycles—and the work is still moving forward. First came The Heart and the Mind . Then came Forward We Continue . Two albums. Two nominations. One artist still moving forward. “The end of your road does not come when you receive recognition.” That perspective is the heart of Don Dada’s story. No bitterness. No pity party. Just gratitude, discipline, and the courage to keep building. Why this story matters Two consecutive SAMA Best Reggae Album nominations. Two albums carrying the message forward. A reminder that recognition is a milestone—not the finish line. Stay close to the story. Follow Reggae Hour for reggae conversations, artist journeys, and the people building what comes ne...

Steve Tulloch carries a conscious reggae message from Kingston 13 to the world. Steve Tulloch: Carrying Conscious Reggae from Kingston 13 to the World Reggae has never been only a rhythm. At its deepest level, it is testimony—a language through which artists speak about hunger, survival, dignity, injustice, community, hope, and the determination of ordinary people to rise. Steve Tulloch stands firmly within that tradition. Emerging from Kingston 13, he has developed a musical journey built around lived experience, social message, and the conviction that reggae should leave its listeners stronger than it found them. His story connects an important period in Jamaican recording culture with a continuing mission to create music that matters. From singing background vocals at Studio One to recording his first single, Ghetto Life , and later releasing the album Belly W...