Jimmy Cliff, of all people, hadn’t made a pure reggae album in decades. There had always been some reason. Early on, he mixed the music of his home country, Jamaica, with American pop and soul. Later, ...

Not one to shy away from his reggae roots in calling out social problems, Côte d’Ivoire recording artist Tom D Genese’s latest song, “Paradoxes”, evokes Africa’s richness and poverty in the same ...

At a time when most Americans have been exposed to a more pop-influenced style of reggae music, it’s important to remind newer reggae fans about the genre’s roots. Imagine an underground movement ...

And so it was with the reggae edition (part of the Reggae Britannia season), which took a brisk 90-minute march from reggae's arrival in Britain from Jamaica in the Sixties to the point where it ...

Last summer the New York Times reported that Grammy-nominated reggae star Chronixx told a crowd during one of his electric performances: “This is the beautiful sound of reggae music from the island of ...

"Reggae isn’t just for the beach. It's hard hitting lyrics, flows, patterns, beats, storytelling." Hailed as the front-runner of reggae's musics Roots' second coming (REVIVAL?), Protoje is Jamaica's ...

Flip through the local radio channels and it won’t be long until you hear a reggae song. The characteristic one drop drumming and offbeat-emphasized rhythm dominates popular music in the islands, and ...

It is a family story that weaves reggae, roots and Dundee jute with Scottish and Jamaican identity. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the ...

The York community has an opportunity celebrate local Caribbean culture at the unveiling ceremony for Reggae Lane, happening Saturday, Sept. 19. The laneway, located behind a strip of stores on the ...