APRIL 1973: With Catch a Fire, the band known then as simply The Wailers, created a bridge between the deep roots sound of Jamaica and the commercial rock music of the international market, ...

Jamaican music has travelled a long way since Prince Buster, Millie Small, The Skatalites, and Desmond Dekker first entered the British Hit Parade in the early 1960s. Looking in the rear view mirror ...

In 2016, Zak Starkey — musician and son of Ringo Starr — and his Sshh bandmate Sharna “Sshh” Liguz teamed with Eddie Vedder and a slew of reggae legends, including Wailers drummer Carlton “Santa Davis ...

Reggae artist Matisyahu has had the House of Blues in Chicago cancel his scheduled performance Friday because of the “threat of protests.” Matisyahu said that House of Blues had canceled the show and ...

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 ...

Reggae music nowadays seems as ubiquitous to the beaches of Southeast Asia and dorm rooms of Boston as it does to its Jamaican homeland. Now the genre that evolved in the 1960s has been added to the ...

On this showing Al Green will still be knocking 'em dead both in the chapel and the concert halls for a long time to come yet. Abre a Janela is a good inroad to reggae from the less conservative end ...

HYDERABAD: Music gives peace to the soul, transporting you to a world of happiness and satisfaction. Regardless of the genre, the positive aura it emanates is what connects most people. City-based ...

A full list of jazz, blues or reggae to look forward to this fall in Tucson: ...