In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...

February marks National Reggae Month — a time to celebrate the rich anthology of Jamaican music and honor the birthdays of late icons Dennis Brown and Bob Marley. The festival will include dancers ...

A visionary producer and sound system operator, Jack Ruby died nearly four decades ago but his influence on Jamaican music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmy Cliff, a Grammy Award-winning singer and actor, who helped Jamaican reggae music find its place within global pop culture, ...

Protoje’s Lost in Time Festival was slated to kick off its third staging — Israel and the United States mounted a coordinated ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica's central bank thinks the country's economy is doing very well and it is using an instantly recognizable symbol of the island to get this message to the people: reggae ...

Protoje — née Oje Ken Ollivierre — isn’t supposed to be here, or at least that’s what he says. The Jamaica native grew up in the western parish of St. Elizabeth, a small country town far from the ...

Ejae and Sombr chased the Grammys with new releases, and Peter Gabriel began unfurling his next album. By Jon Pareles As one half of the famed rhythm duo Sly and Robbie, he played with some of the ...

Ghanaian reggae musician Rocky Dawuni has advised African artistes not to feel pressured to imitate Jamaican accents or ...