ALEMAYEHU ESHETE - RAS HOTEL ADDIS ABEBA 09/2010

"That must have been around 1963, the age of rock-'n-roll with artists like Elvis, Bill Hailey, Little Richard and so on.

MISTY IN ROOTS (POKO) - AFRO CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL 08/2010

"We had no plans whatsoever to record anything that night, but the show was recorded anyway and when we heard the tapes, we decided to put it out there as a record.

PANNONIA ALL STARS - OPENLUCHTTHEATER RIVIERENHOF 08/2010

"Lord Tanamo was one of the vocalists who performed with The Skatalites, so he was one of the pioneers of the ska movement."

BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH - REGGAE GEEL 08/2010

"Well, if you went there now you would probably notice that it has changed into "the Indian capital of Britain".

CLINTON FEARON - REGGAE GEEL 08/2010

"Well, I've not really joined the Inna De Yard All Stars; Chinna is a long-time brethren, and right now I'm just filling the slot of some of the acts that aren't there this time (Linval Thompson, The Viceroys, red.

TOTO LA MOMPOSINA - SFINKS 07/2010

"Yes, I was born in Talaigua, a village located on the island of Mompox (also known as Margarita Island, red.

HORACE MARTIN - IRIE VIBES 07/2010

"I started out as a singer at the tender age of twelve.

BETA SIMON - IRIE VIBES 07/2010

"Life is a book and travelling is like reading a chapter of that book.

TIPPA IRIE - ONE LOVE ONE STYLE 07/2010

"Yeah, it's a kind of homecoming and an absolute pleasure to be able to play here.

SOLO BANTON - PADDINGTON STATION 07/2010

"I found it important to highlight what the song was about (certain artists boasting a gangster as well as a Rastafarian image in the hope thus reaping the most financial benefits from their music, red.

SPEED CARAVAN - COULEUR CAFE 06/2010

"Well, you could actually, because this type of electrified oud is mass produced in Turkey.

WINSTON & MATTHEW MCANUFF - COULEUR CAFE 06/2010

"I met Earl after my father had passed away.

CHOQ QUIB TOWN - COULEUR CAFE 06/2010

"Well, we started with this project about ten years ago and in the beginning we were mainly focusing on hip hop music.

OZOMATLI - FESTIVAL MUNDIAL 06/2009

"Fifteen years ago, our bass player Wil-Dog (Abers, red.

QUIQUE NEIRA - FESTIVAL MUNDIAL 06/2010

"I started performing almost twenty years ago with a band called Bambu.

CHE SUDAKA - FESTIVAL MUNDIAL 06/2010

"Yes, we played with various bands in Argentina and Colombia, but we only met each other in Barcelona.

GENTLEMAN - FESTIVAL MUNDIAL 06/2010

"Reggae music is the most versatile music I know, and over the past few years I've dropped my either/or thinking about what an album should be.

SLY & ROBBIE - TEN VREDE 05/2010

"Well, that was when I was still at school.

GOTAN PROJECT - AB 05/2010

"With that title, above all else, we wanted to illustrate the continuation of the Gotan Project story.

TOMMY T - BOTANIQUE 05/2010

"(laughs) That's the beauty of music, isn't it? It brings people together, regardless of where they're from.