Dancehall music has long been one of Jamaica’s most powerful cultural exports, influencing artists and audiences across ...

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK. This week Seani brings you classic reggae from the 2000s including tracks from Gyptian, Sizzla, ...

Produced by Wadadah II and Black Sabbath Sound System, Prince Judah explains that while the new album marks a departure from his usual sonic palette, he was motivated to make “an original dancehall ...

Seani pays tribute to reggae and dancehall Legend Sly Dunbar in the mix, playing his classic riddims and tracks as part of the duo Sly & Robbie. Produced by Silver Music Entertainment for BBC Radio ...

For half a century, Sly & Robbie reached into every corner of popular music. They were reggae icons and an in-demand rhythm section and production team, working alongside Bob Marley and Peter Tosh ...

Our writer recalls a 1999 trip to Jamaica to meet with the reggae icon about new music and how 'reggae keeps changing' Famous reggae rhythm section and producing team Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare ...

Sly Dunbar, the legendary Jamaican drummer who helped steer reggae‘s modern evolution while providing the backbeat to countless recordings, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, confirmed his ...

It’s not often you’ll hear the words ‘Teenage Engineering’ and ‘decent price’ in the same sentence, but here we are. Riddim and Ting is a novel, sweet and flexible package from TE that might be narrow ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an authentic reggae feel. Errol Wizdom did that for ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs from artists like King Cruff, Problem Child and Tempa. By Kyle Denis The holidays may be right around the corner, but it’s war season in the ...

Tune the radio in Jamaica to any reggae station these days and don’t be surprised if you rarely, if ever, hear a Marley song. The roots and culture style reggae, infused with references to ska and ...