For decades, reggae and other styles of Jamaican music have infiltrated popular music worldwide. It’s in the DNA of everything from hip hop to punk to electronic music to reggaeton to Afrobeats and ...
Every year since 1926, Black History Month has been honored in February — but did you know that since 2008, February has also been officially designated Reggae Month in Jamaica? The history and ...
From the mighty dub lyricism of Linton Kwesi Johnson to the magnetic female empowerment of Etana, reggae artists have long lifted and motivated listeners with potent perspectives on resistance, ...
McKenna takes us on a virtual holoholo to Maui to Talk Story with Reggae singer-songwriter Glenn Awong of Maoli. It has been a big year for this popular Island Reggae group from Maui, winning the 2020 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although summer technically lasts until mid-September, the Caribbean’s biggest stars came out to play throughout August, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The affection between Sting and Shaggy is palpable from the moment they sit down together. When the two prolific recording artists are asked where the chemistry comes from, Shaggy ...
Mr. Vegas is an award-winning reggae dancehall singer. The performers is a cultural ambassador known in the dancehall and reggae industry for his ability to blend “rapid-fire toasting with melodic ...
In the backstreets of Birmingham, long before global tours and platinum records, a young Ali Campbell stood outside “shebeens ...
“We grew up listening to reggae,” says Ali Campbell, the founding singer-guitarist of the English band UB40. “All our ...
Milwaukee is a town that has long suffered a severe drought when it comes to visits from international-level reggae performers, but this week or so, there are three! Even better, two of the three ...
In honour of Mother's Day, Observer Online is saluting several women who played important roles in the reggae movement.