The Independent

David Rodigan: My dear boy, I'm a reggae legend

For a quarter of a century, he has been top dog in the ganja-scented, bass-heavy atmosphere of Britain's reggae dance-halls, where mighty sound-systems battle until dawn to bring the crowd to a frenzy ...
Billboard

David Rodigan Reflects on His Pioneering, Occasionally Controversial Life In Reggae

Wearing a custom made diamond-patterned three-piece suit, oversized black rimmed glasses and speaking in an authoritative British accent, 66-year-old David Rodigan MBE is, to say the least, an… By ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

David Rodigan's Life In Reggae: Defined By Fanatical Love, Not Race... Right?

David Rodigan has spent his entire life exulting in and exalting reggae. In his autobiography, published earlier this year, the soundman stays... Though he has been called a lot of names throughout ...
The Independent

David Rodigan: An MBE for reggae

It has taken until Diamond Jubilee year for David Rodigan to learn that Prince Charles shares his love for reggae music - a disclosure that the Prince of Wales made when the broadcaster recently ...
The Guardian

Reggae DJ David Rodigan: ‘My name was adopted by a Kingston gangster. He’s dead now’

David Rodigan is explaining the rules of a reggae soundclash to me. He is doing it with breathless enthusiasm, but it is still taking quite a long time because, as it turns out, the rules of a reggae ...
The Royal Gazette

Rodigan and Rory set to raise the roof in support of island's youth

TWO of the world's most famous DJs will be battling it out in Bermuda this weekend to raise money for charity. Britain's David Rodigan will be clashing (when two DJs battle each other on stage to see ...
The Jamaica Observer

Rodigan goes on record

THE colourful career of British broadcaster and sound system maestro David Rodigan, as well as the history of Jamaican music in the United Kingdom, are the focus of David Rodigan: Reggae Fever, a ...
Bernews

DJ Rodigan & Dynamq To Headline ‘World Class’

Veteran reggae and dancehall DJ David Rodigan and South Sudanese reggae-dancehall artist Dynamq are set to perform in Bermuda at the ‘World Class’ party event taking place on Saturday [June 10]. A ...
Billboard

From Reid to Red Bull: Inside the Business of Jamaican Sound System Clashes

Barry Gordon and David Rodigan reunited at the Resorts World Casino in Queens, NY on Nov. 28 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their landmark Brooklyn clash. By Patricia Meschino Thirty years ago ...
The Jamaica Observer

Rodigan calls for Reggae Museum

YET another call has come for a museum dedicated to reggae music in Jamaica. This time it is from British radio personality David Rodigan. He is calling on those in authority to create a permanent ...
BBC

David Rodigan MBE joins BBC Radio 1Xtra

Legendary reggae DJ David Rodigan is to join BBC Radio 1Xtra with a brand new primetime Sunday evening show, starting on 17 February. He will also return to BBC Radio 2 with a new 13-part series this ...
The Daily Telegraph

David Rodigan resigns from his Kiss radio show in protest

The British DJ David Rodigan, known for his focus on reggae has resigned from his radio show on Kiss FM in protest. Rodigan, who also has a show on BBC Radio 2, said that he was leaving due to the ...