More than 50 years after its release, The Harder They Come is still being recognized as one of the most important ...
Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...
More than 40 years after his death, Bob Marley’svoice still echoes far beyond Jamaica. His music became the soundtrack for ...
In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...
The reggae sensation is back with his first solo album in four years. Read the Billboard interview.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who's unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his ...
In honour of Mother's Day, Observer Online is saluting several women who played important roles in the reggae movement.