Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who's unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his native Jamaica part of popular culture across the globe, has died at ...
Music is one of the best windows into a culture—and nowhere is that more evident than Jamaica. The Caribbean country is known for its sound above all else, having gifted the globe with six genres of ...
Two Jamaican artists, Cocoa Tea and Determine, passed away recently, leaving behind a legacy of “conscious” reggae music that was especially popular in the 1990s even as the dancehall genre expanded ...
“I would really like for the artists to come in and make connections and understand the game and not get fucked like the old ones did,” said Shaggy of the third annual confab. By Janeé Bolden Artists, ...
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 ...
The historic Ruth Williams Opera House in San Francisco is the venue for a powerful night of reggae, roots and conscious ...
Eighty-one years ago today, the artist who is large4ly responsible for the worldwide popularity of reggae was born.
The app is free for creators to join. The leaders say the product can give a significant boost to the image of creators who join in. Launched in Jamaica, the Jingle app is designed for ...
There is no reggae artist more iconic than Bob Marley. He made the Jamaican music form a global genre, and his songs about ...
Jimmy Cliff, the reggae music icon and actor known for his lead role in the 1972 Jamaican crime/drama film The Harder They Come, has died from a seizure and pneumonia, according to his family. He was ...