Expect to hear the sweet chords of Reggae, the beat of the drum on Dancehall and the whine with Bashment.  
Waist Time with Eza every fortnight as she brings you rich sounds from the Caribbean.

An up-tempo, popular style derived from dancehall and ragga. Similar to dancehall, bashment lyrics often focus on sexual relationships and encounters.

Popular style derived from dancehall and ragga

Bashment

Encompassing a range of sub-genres, Caribbean music offers syntheses of African, European, Indian and indigenous influences.

Diverse sub-genres developed across the Caribbean

Caribbean

A hybrid formed of rumbling dub bass, reggae offbeats and frantic MCing. Evolves the reggae tradition with a focus on partying.

Hybrid of dub bass, reggae offbeats and MCing

Dancehall

Afrobeat blends elements of traditional West African music with chanting, complex, intersecting rhythms and prominent percussion.

Complex rhythms and West African influences

Afrobeat

Music from the African continent and its diaspora, characterised by distinctive percussion and instrumentation, lively rhythms and shimmering harmonics.

Music from the African content and its diaspora

Afro

The world's favourite Jamaican musical form, reggae offers huge diversity – but is best-known for its languid rhythms, distinctive lyrical content and often beautiful harmonies.

Jamaican export known for its languid rhythms

Reggae

Waist Time!

A mix to celebrate Jamaica's 60th Independence Day, highlighting classic Reggae hits that us Caribbean music heads know and love.

Jamaican Independence Day - Reggae Special

A 30 minute mix jam packed with the sauciest of slow-Dancehall.

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Waist Time!

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