No Woman, Nah Cry?

Link: "No Woman No Cry ≠ No Pain No Gain: negation in Jamaican Creole"

A "Likkle" Sound Change in Jamaican Creole English

“...Well, me said ‘no, no, don’t be like dat’, me likkle heart a pitter-pat...”

Read here.

More Qawwali Reggae - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan remixed

See Amardeep Singh's post, "The Ghosts of Nusrat: Dub Qawwali", on SepiaMutiny: here.

Desi Ska Music

See this post on the Sepia Mutiny blog.

Forward and payaaka, manhangle and den go saaka?

Interesting discussion on Jamaican "lects", code-switching, and creoles at Language Log.

Uthaa Jagaa! Nepali Reggae

Nepali band "Samba n The Thadi Bitos" covers Bob Marley's "Get Up Stand Up", with Nepali lyrics at certain points (Uthaa Jagaa). I don't know anything about this singer apart from what's in the video, which is nicely done.

Link to video

5th Generation Indo-Kenyan "Coolie" drops new reggae album

Elephant Wise: "Well I'm a fifth generation coolie from Kenya and my mother is Swedish. In Kenya reggae music is a part of day-to-day life so it was just something that was around me from day one. Later on in my teens I moved to Europe where I saw reggae music go from a small movement to absolutely exploding with tons of reggae sound-systems and festivals popping up everywhere. It was around that time I started getting into the whole sound-system culture but it wasn't until later on after moving to Australia in 2005 that I started working the mic and eventually becoming a reggae artist."

Interview here:

Being caught up in a hi-jacking ordeal whilst visiting family in Africa in 2009 caused Elephant Wise to evaluate his priorities and decide to pursue music on a more serious level. And so he began work on his debut album. He released his new album The Reasoning on 18th July. Get a free (192kbps) copy at http://www.myspace.com/elephantwise.