Chronixx brought the sun kissed warmth and soulful roots reggae of Jamaica to his debut set Saturday at the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival. Under the scorching heat at the Outdoor Theatre, ...
On Sept. 17, SOB's nightclub in lower Manhattan presented the New York City debut of Jamaica's most buzzed about reggae act, Chronixx and the Zinc Fence Redemption. Throughout their 8-date Dread and… ...
"Who loves reggae music in here?" Jamaican sing-jay Chronixx rhetorically asks the sold out house at Manhattan's Irving Plaza. Dissatisfied with the audience's response, his questioning becomes more ...
Jamaican reggae and dub singer Chronixx (real name Jamar McNaughton) is a passionate believer in the music that his home nation has produced and, more to the point, keeps on producing. The son of ...
Reggae singer Chronixx has been branded as part of a “Reggae Revival” movement including himself, Protoje, and others who have begun to redirect the sound of Jamaican music away from the rough-edged, ...
A few years ago, Jamaica was seeing a roots reggae revival. After dancehall took hold in the ’80s, reggae had receded a bit, becoming more of a tourist attraction than a vital current in Jamaican ...
On the chorus of roots reggae revival leader Protoje's "Who Knows," his likeminded cohort Chronixx sings, I'm pleeeeaaassed to be chilling in the West Indies. No shit—as you should be. This video's ...
Summertime bodes well for reggae music. The genre's biggest crossover moves — from Sean Paul to I Wayne — have been made during the balmier months, when Americans relax enough to stretch the ...
Live bands. Soulful music. Substantive lyrics. I could be describing the Jamaican music scene circa 1976, the heyday of Bob Marley. But I'm talking about a sound that dominated at this year's Reggae ...