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One night in a Jamaican dubplate studio during dancehall’s ’90s heyday

Arrows Studio Kingston — While covering a reggae festival in the country’s capital, music photographer David Corio headed to the East Kingston neighbourhood in search of a studio that was hot at the time, managing to capture its distinctive energy in a rapid-fire shoot.

  • Music
  • Miss Rosen

How dub became a defining sound of '70s Britain

Bass odyssey — An exhibition at the Museum of London seeks to unearth the cultural and social impact dub music has had on the identity of the capital and to celebrate its pioneers.

  • Culture
  • Daisy Schofield

Inside a vibrant '90s Kingston dancehall community

No Gyal Can Test — Photographer Akeem Smith, who grew up between Brooklyn and Jamaica, has spent much of his life chronicling the creative spirit of dancehall and his archive forms a love letter to the culture that raised him.

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

A visual history of reggae culture in the UK

Rocking steady — Photographer Adrien Boot looks back on a life capturing the Jamaican communities of Britain: ‘In the ’70s, London was a dark place,’ he remembers. ‘You know what they say – you need hard times and stress to make good music.’

  • Music
  • Miss Rosen

The reggae singer taking on Uganda’s strongman president

‘We can change our destiny’ — Bobi Wine spent more than a decade singing about social justice issues in his native Uganda. This year, the ‘Ghetto President’ was elected to parliament, and now he’s trying to change the system from the inside.

  • Reportage
  • Julian Hattem

Don Letts: Life lessons from a subcultural icon

‘London will kill you, believe me’ — After years of shaking up the British arts scene, the Rebel Dread talks punk, purism and the dangers of nostalgia.

  • Music
  • Biju Belinky

Rediscovering the roots of London reggae, one album cover at a time

Vinyl legends — Photographer Alex Bartsch has set himself an ambitious mission to track down the locations on the sleeves of iconic UK reggae records released over two decades, between 1967 and 1987.

  • Music
  • Angel Lambo

How ‘80s soundsystem culture gave birth to Bristol’s thriving musical underground

Born in the fires of struggle — Jabulani Ngozi of the Black Roots and author Richard King reflect on how a radical spirit of resistance in the 1980s shaped the city’s unique music culture.

  • Music
  • Alex King

Words of indecipherable wisdom from the original Rastaman, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

Vision of Paradise — Reggae wouldn’t be reggae without Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – unsung hero, wild preacher, original Rastaman. With biography-come-fairytale documentary Lee 'Scratch' Perry's Vision of Paradise released in February, here's the grandfather of dub's interview from Huck's Fiftieth Anniversary Special.

  • Music
  • Rob Boffard

Kiko Bun is stirring salsa and hip hop into his sun-soaked reggae sound

Bringing back the dub — London reggae artist Kiko Bun is destined for big things. After covering Toots and Maytals for This is England '90, he's surfing a dubby resurgence all the way to the top.

  • Music
  • Sam Warner

Hollie Cook

Influences & Beyond — Musical influences are all around when your dad's a Sex Pistol. But eventually you have to go your own way.

  • Film
  • D'Arcy Doran

Boboshanti

21st Century Rasta — The commercial ubiquity of Rasta has led many followers to seek refuge in Boboshanti, a more orthodox interpretation of the creed. HUCK travelled to Jamaica to find out more.

  • Reportage
  • Sarah Bentley

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