{"id":11,"date":"2006-06-26T17:57:05","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T21:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/wp\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T14:05:20","slug":"journalistic-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?page_id=11","title":{"rendered":"Journalism &#038; Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"tight\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/p>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2022\/08\/what-is-the-sound-of-drill-rap.html\">What Is the Sound of Drill? Brrrrrrrrrrap. Bang! Bam! Pow!<\/a>.&#8221; <em>New York Magazine \/ Vulture<\/em>, 17 August 2022.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/09\/10\/1035510633\/the-magic-of-lee-scratch-perry\">The Magic Of Lee &#8216;Scratch&#8217; Perry<\/a>.&#8221; <em>NPR Music<\/em>, 10 September 2021.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2019\/04\/did-ariana-grande-copy-7-rings.html\">Ariana Grande Was Accused of Copying \u20187 Rings,\u2019 Again and Again \u2026 and Again<\/a>.&#8221; <em>New York Magazine \/ Vulture<\/em>, 1 April 2019.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2017\/08\/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-despacito.html\">Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about &#8216;Despacito.&#8217;<\/a>&#8221; <em>Vulture<\/em>, 22 August 2017.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=9183\">Get on the Good Foot.<\/a>&#8221; <em>The Wire<\/em>, December 2016.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=8126\">The Freedom of Dutch Bubbling<\/a>.&#8221; <em>The Wire<\/em>, December 2014.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140330135210\/https:\/\/waxpoetics.com\/features\/articles\/digital-rhythm\">Digital Rhythm: The Loopy Origins of Dembow and Reggaeton\u2019s Knotty Dancehall Roots<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Wax Poetics<\/em>, 28 January 2014.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/theclustermag.com\/2013\/10\/raggamuffin-nyc-wayneandwax\/\">When Reggae Roamed the Earth<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Cluster Mag<\/em>, October 2013. (<a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=7689\">Unabridged excerpt<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/daily.redbullmusicacademy.com\/2013\/07\/dembow-a-loop-history\">Dembow: A Loop History<\/a>.&#8221; <em>RBMA Mag<\/em>, 2 July 2013. (<a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=7546\">Unabridged version<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/norient.com\/stories\/copulativedances\/\">Spectacular Copulative Dance Today<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Norient<\/em>, 14 January 2012.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/arts-culture\/music\/sounds-of-the-wide-wired-world?pageCount=0\">Sounds of the Wide, Wired World<\/a>.&#8221; <em>The National<\/em>, 29 October 2010. (<a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=4568\">Expanded version<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/pdfs\/wayne-woofah-futures.pdf\">Trading in Futures: From Rastas in Space to Dreadlocked Aliens, and Back<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Woofah<\/em>, Spring 2010.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thephoenix.com\/article_ektid1595.aspx\">The Rise of Reggaeton<\/a>.&#8221; <em>Boston Phoenix<\/em>, 19 January 2006.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.blogspot.com\/2005\/07\/wicked-wicked-soundscape.html\">Reggae-Tinged Resonances of a Wicked Wicked City<\/a>.&#8221; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/v2.sonicheart.com\/rewind\/reggae_tinged_resonances_of_a_wicked_wicked_city\">Sonic Heart<\/a><\/em> 1, no. 3 (July 2005).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.blogspot.com\/2005\/07\/war-inna-babylon.html\">War Ina Babylon: Jamaica and the War on Terror<\/a>.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/xlr8r.com\/features\/2008\/04\/war-inna-babylon\"><em>XLR8R<\/em><\/a>, August 2005.<\/li>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"tight\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/equiknoxx-basic-tools\/\">Equiknoxx, <em>Basic Tools<\/em><\/a>. <em>Pitchfork<\/em>, 18 August 2021.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/lucas-santtana-3-sessions-in-a-greenhouse\/\">Lucas Santtana, <em>3 Sessions in a Greenhouse<\/em><\/a>. <em>Pitchfork<\/em>, 1 June 2021.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/toots-and-the-maytals-funky-kingston\/\"><strong>Sunday Review<\/strong>: Toots and the Maytals, <em>Funky Kingston<\/em><\/a>. <em>Pitchfork<\/em>, 22 March 2020.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/various-artists-down-in-jamaica-40-years-of-vp-records\/\">Various Artists, <em>Down in Jamaica \u2013 40 Years of VP Records<\/em><\/a>. <em>Pitchfork<\/em>, 12 November 2019.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/i-jahbar-and-friends-inna-duppy-skrs-soundclash\/\">I Jahbar &#038; Friends, <em>Inna Duppy SKRS Soundclash<\/em><\/a>. <em>Pitchfork<\/em>, 9 August 2019.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/equiknoxx-eternal-children\/\">Equiknoxx, <em>Eternal Children<\/em><\/a>. <em>Pitchfork<\/em>, 10 July 2019.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=8844\"><em>The Amplification of Souls<\/em><\/a>. <em>The Wire<\/em>, January 2015.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=8134\"><em>Tropicalia: Ou Panis Et Circencis<\/em><\/a>. <em>The Wire<\/em>, September 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=8132\"><em>Rol\u00ea \u2013 Novos Sons Do Brasil<\/em><\/a>. <em>The Wire<\/em>, July 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=8129\"><em>Salvadora Robot<\/em><\/a>. <em>The Wire<\/em>, June 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=8127\"><em>Beyond Addis<\/em><\/a>. <em>The Wire<\/em>, May 2014.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=3283\"><em>Ayobaness! The Sound of South African House<\/em><\/a>. <em>The Wire<\/em>, June 2010.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=3285\"><em>Dancehall: The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture (Vol. 2)<\/em><\/a>. <em>The Wire<\/em>, February 2010.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=360\"><em>Funky Nassau<\/em><\/a>. <em>The Fader<\/em>, April 2008.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=67\">Pitbull, <em>El Mariel<\/em><\/a>. <em>Boston Phoenix<\/em>, 18 January 2007.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20081013223611\/http:\/\/www.thephoenix.com\/Boston\/Music\/30716-roots-of-rock\/\">Specialty Records Reissue Series<\/a>. <em>Boston Phoenix<\/em>, 4 January 2007.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=56\">New Reissues in Heartbeat&#8217;s Studio One Series<\/a>. <em>Boston Phoenix<\/em>, 7 December 2006.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=26\">Tego Calderon, <em>The Underdog \/ El Subestimado<\/em><\/a>. <em>Boston Phoenix<\/em>, 19 October 2006.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thephoenix.com\/article_ektid8680.aspx\">Heartbeat&#8217;s Studio One Reissue Series<\/a>. <em>Boston Phoenix<\/em>, 12 April 2006. (<a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/studio-one-love.html\">Extended version<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bostonphoenix.com\/boston\/music\/top\/documents\/05050768.asp\">Damian Marley, <em>Welcome to Jamrock<\/em> and Sean Paul, <em>The Trinity<\/em><\/a>. <em>Boston Phoenix<\/em>, 28 October 2005.<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Articles &#8220;What Is the Sound of Drill? Brrrrrrrrrrap. Bang! Bam! 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