Issue 8 mar/apr
“Soon we will find out Who is the real revolutionary”
Zimbabwe, Bob Marley
It was one of Marley’s best lines – aimed not just at Zimbabwe, and the revolutionary leader Robert Mugabe, but at the whole world. In 1980, Zimbabwe became one of the last African countries to gain independence, but across Africa, independence had not always meant freedom. Many revolutionary leaders became dictators.
Bob Marley poster by jamaican artist Michael Thompson included.
What's inside
Jah Observer
Austin “Spiderman” Palmer is the founder and selector for the Mighty Jah Observer sound system. He started his sound as a youth in the late 1960s and has continued through the various trends in reggae, preserving his unique approach…
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Pressure Sounds behind the scenes
In the fifth issue of Irie Up, we talked with Pete Holdsworth from the UK label Pressure Sounds, which specialises in releasing rare and hard to find original recordings from Jamaica. Fans of Pressure Sounds treasure the artwork and…
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Reggaetown Dublin
In the middle of the last decade, Dublin became famous as the centre of the mysteriously successful ‘Celtic Tiger’ economy. Many Dubliners – knowing this would all end in disaster – watched in amazement as world leaders came to…
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