Nice Up (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Reggae label Greensleeves Records & Publishing announced that it just signed reggae-dancehall sensations Busy Signal and Gyptian, and hit-makers Shane “Jukeboxx” Brown and Llamar “Riff Raff” Brown (no relation) who are currently dominating the reggae and dancehall charts worldwide.
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 02/17/2008
If the US-based VP Records purchases major European distributor Greensleeves, it may usher in or disperse the clouds of sales over reggae music.
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 01/29/2008
Producers, managers and artistes in the reggae music industry have expressed shock and distress at the recent release by VP Records that they have made an offer to buy out competing record company, Greensleeves.
Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 09/07/2007
Presenting 30 sterling hits stretching from the fading cries and laments of the last days of roots reggae to the deviousness of the latest dancehall tune from the yard, this 2xCD label compilation is another reminder-- as if one were needed-- that Greensleeves is not only one of the premiere Jamican labels of the past three decades, but one of the most dependable full stop.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/07/2007
To name a reggae record label after an English sonnet most commonly associated with King Henry VIII is odd enough. To turn that enterprise from a small shop in a London suburb into one of the most iconic names in black music is stranger still. But to say you have achieved that status not because of Bob Marley, the undisputed all-time ruler of reggae, but in spite of him is truly extraordinary.
The Late Greats (Free subscription) | 08/28/2007
Greensleeves Records is celebrating thirty years of dub and reggae with a special 30 track compilation: one song from each year it's been around. It comes out digitally today and its physical form hits shelves next Tuesday. The best of collection is a treasure-trove of good music. If you even kinda like dub or reggae, this release is for you. Here is a sampling: Yellowman ~ Zungguzungguguzungguzeng...
Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 08/22/2007
Venerable roots/reggae label will release a compilation called From Dubplate to Download: The Best of Greensleeves Records in celebration of its three-decade existence, featuring contributions from the likes of Beenie Man, Shaggy, Doctor Alimantado, Yellowman, Gregory Isaacs, Elephant Man, Shabba Ranks, and Sizzla. The comp will see a digital release (complete with a PDF version of the booklet and...
Nice Up (Free subscription) | 06/29/2007
RECORD RACKKevin Jackson, Observer WriterFriday, June 29, 2007Greensleeves rolls out Sizzla's latest album, I-SpaceSizzla's tenth album for the London-based Greensleeves Records is now available. Titled I-Space, the 15-track disc features mainly production work from In the Streetz Records head honcho Byron Murray.Sizzla emerged on the musical landscape during the latter half of the 1990s; the enormously...
