I honestly couldn’t tell you how many reggae and dancehall mixtapes I listened to during my childhood years. The burned CDs—with their sometimes glitchy skips, boisterous sound effects between ...
The reggae star was best known for tracks including 1976's ‘Chase The Devil’, which was later sampled by The Prodigy Influential reggae and roots artist Max Romeo – real name Maxwell Smith – has died ...
The legendary reggae drummer, Sly Dunbar, has died at age 73, creating performances that defined the genre while also ...
Seven years after it went underground, a beloved Columbus record shop with over 20 years of history is once again open for weekly business, complete with a new name and storefront. Rich St. Records, ...
Tickets for this year’s Reggae Land have sold out in record time after the festival sold all 100,000 tickets just six hours after they were released on Friday (30 January).
There are few more important Jamaican singers than Gregory Isaacs. He was the passionate hustler with a tender heart, and as his confidence and skill grew, he addressed social issues and represented ...
Live bands. Soulful music. Substantive lyrics. I could be describing the Jamaican music scene circa 1976, the heyday of Bob Marley. But I'm talking about a sound that dominated at this year's Reggae ...
ANALYSIS The drumbeat that helped carry reggae, dancehall, and Caribbean music onto the world stage has fallen silent. Lowell ...