New York City is home to many cool record stores, but few have stories as inspiring as the one behind VP Records in Jamaica, Queens. Like many immigrants, the founders of VP Records, Vincent “Randy” ...

Queens-based reggae independent VP Records has relaunched U.K. reggae label Blood and Fire, known primarily for its quality reissues of Jamaican recordings from the 1970s and '80s, many of which were… ...

From the label's humble beginnings in a rundown London warehouse to its ascendance as a barrier-breaking cultural entity boasting over 15,000 titles in its catalog, Trojan Records has played an… By ...

Cooking Vinyl managing director Martin Goldschmidt, Essential Music head Mike Chadwick and Blood & Fire managing director Steve Barrow have joined forces to launch a new reggae reissue label, Hot Pot ...

Although Hip-Hop remains a musical influence, Heavy D is finding success in a different genre via his own record label Stride Entertainment and a brand new reggae album titled Vibes. The project, ...