The Grammy-winning daughter of Bob Marley talks Red Bull Studio's new Jamaican women's soccer team documentary and ...

Jackie Jackson, who has died aged 79, was a bass guitarist whose work was the beating heart of many of the best-loved ska, ...

Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, the Jamaican drummer for the former reggae group Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, confirmed the news to Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner on Monday. “About ...

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 ...

Reggae music nowadays seems as ubiquitous to the beaches of Southeast Asia and dorm rooms of Boston as it does to its Jamaican homeland. Now the genre that evolved in the 1960s has been added to the ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. On August 6 1962, Jamaica declared independence from colonial Britain. The new flag had a St Andrew’s cross designed in gold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. February is widely acknowledged as Black History Month, but did you know it is also Reggae Month? Every year since 1926, Black ...

Producer Marvin ‘Skitta’ Reid is strengthening Freedom Trail Reggae’s profile, with growing support for releases by Snatcha and Chezidek providing momentum for the label’s next promotional push. With ...

The great James Chambers aka Jimmy Cliff performing in 2012. Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Next time you turn on the reggae station, take a moment to appreciate that you’re now listening to a piece of ...

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 ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by Chip and DJ Cheem. By Kyle Denis With carnival season coming to a close, it’s time to let go of the summer and ease into the cooler half ...

If you travel through Africa and speak with musicians, you'll encounter various accounts of reggae's African origins. Perhaps only hip-hop boasts more claims of primal ownership on the continent.