Reissue label Time Capsule is lining up the release of a compilation featuring Japanese reggae produced in the ’70s and ’80s. The record, titled Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985, "captures the moment J-reggae ...

It's that time of year again: Notting Hill Carnival is fast approaching, and west London is bracing itself as the longest, unruliest tribute to the almighty sound system prepares to hit its streets.

That fall at Tipitina’s, they opened for another New Wave reggae band, Talking Dreads. (Aiges had originally considered that same name for his band, before settling on a mash-up of a Jamaican pun and ...