Reggae's roots, springing from the social ... hit in the UK chart with My Boy Lollipop in 1964. This seeping of Jamaican music in to popular culture would continue with cult 1972 film The Harder ...

Jamaica and Japan marked 60 years of diplomatic relations this year, a milestone marked by several cultural events, including ...

Reggae is a unique fusion of local folk music with outside influences. The local folk music was a Jamaican form called mento, but in the 40s and 50s Jamaicans were also listening to music from the US ...

The Jamaican music industry is reeling from the profound loss of Robert Russell, co-founder of the iconic Reggae Sumfest.

Fans of Kendrick will vibe with Skygrass as another storyteller with tracks so full of messaging and word play, you have to ...

Reggae has been added to a list of international cultural treasures which the United Nations has deemed worthy of protecting and promoting. The music, which grew out of Jamaica in the 1960s thanks ...

I never put a date on music because that means it isn ... is that Wyclef hasn't previously recorded a reggae album. "Clef's roots are in Jamaica as much as they are in Haiti, he has synergy ...

Exploring the early influences of reggae icon Bob Marley, who was inspired to form The Wailers after listening to rock and ...

Reggae is a unique form of rock music which originated in Jamaica. It has its roots in a number of other musical styles. You can hear the influence of traditional Jamaican music as well as ...