THE INTERVIEW CIRCUIT
Artist & sound interviews
The mics turned around: the TV institutions, radio voices, podcasts, YouTube long-form channels and journalists who sit dancehall's artists and sound men down to talk — and in doing so keep the music's own record.
29 records · curated by the atlas editors
Television Jamaica entertainment interview/reporting format that documents reggae, dancehall, stage shows and industry personalities.
person · ProbableAnthony MillerJamaican entertainment journalist/presenter associated with TVJ Entertainment Report and music-industry interviews.
publication · Well supportedOnStage TVJamaican entertainment interview television/digital platform associated with long-form reggae and dancehall interviews.
person · Well supportedWinford WilliamsJamaican broadcaster and host associated with OnStage TV and reggae/dancehall interview culture.
publication · ProbableTVJ IntenseTelevision Jamaica youth/entertainment interview format featuring dancehall/reggae artists and culture.
publication · Well supportedIRIE FMA Jamaican publication or broadcaster associated with the global era. Starter record pending editorial verification.
person · ProbableElise KellyJamaican broadcaster/radio personality associated with popular music and entertainment radio.
person · Well supportedMutabaruka as radio hostDub poet, cultural commentator and broadcaster whose radio presence links reggae, Rastafari reasoning and public debate.
person · Well supportedNikki ZNikki Z (Nicole Duhaney) is a Connecticut-born broadcaster from a Jamaican family who became the first woman to host a Caribbean show on a commercial urban station in Connecticut (Jamz 910), then relocated to Jamaica and built 'Nikki Z Live' into a globally syndicated dancehall radio programme (The Bridge 99 FM, with US syndication) — a two-decade veteran whose interviews are a fixture of the artist press run.
business · Well supportedIrish and ChinIrish and Chin is the New York-based sound-system promotion company led by Garfield 'Chin' Bourne with his partner Irish, best known for creating World Clash in New York in 1998 — the 'Super Bowl of sound clash', whose first title went to Sound Trooper's Ricky Trooper — alongside the U.S. Rumble series. Over two decades it staged clashes across North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia, helped carry Japan's Mighty Crown to international fame, and retired the World Clash brand with a 2022 finale in England.