Eighty-one years ago today, the artist who is large4ly responsible for the worldwide popularity of reggae was born.

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 ...

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 ...

Reggae Genealogy is back and ready for its close up during reggae month. This year’s theme is a cinematic celebration of ...

Sly Dunbar, the drummer of iconic duo Sly & Robbie, was found unresponsive at his Kingston home Monday morning.

In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...

Jamaica was a slave-operated plantation island for two centuries beginning in around the mid-1600s. The island then became a British colony until Jamaica gained its independence in the 1960s. Within ...

When he got to the podium at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, California, to accept the Grammy award for Best Reggae Album ...

Discover the discography, awards, and story of reggae singer Kingsley Wray, from Jamaica to the UK, and his recent creative ...

The new crop of reggae artists aren't actually from from Jamaica, but they are wildly successful. Reggae music and the island of Jamaica are inseparable, right? Lately, a crop of artists from places ...

Reggae, although imported from Jamaica, has been the cornerstone music of Zimbabwe since Bob Marley’s visit to this country ...