Jason Mraz’s current album, Look For the Good, found him achieving his dream of recording a reggae record where he could, “…sing over tasty grooves, reverberated snares and sticky echoed-out pockets.” ...
This past December, California-via-Hawaii reggae/hip hop trio The Late Ones released their very good new EP Lately on Easy Star Records. We called it a seamless fusion of the grooves and harmonies of ...
Launched in Jamaica, the Jingle app is designed for creators-specifically targeting singers, actors, influencers, and public figures-who have a considerable fanbase. "Jamaica is the first country we ...
In tandem with Black History Month, February also marks Reggae Month, celebrating one of the most popular Black protest musical genres. As we immerse ourselves in the rich tapestry of February, two ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (Billboard) - A widely held perception among music aficionados is that quality roots reggae passed away with Bob Marley in 1981. Sign up here. Although no current reggae acts possess Marley's ...
After The Beatles broke up, George Harrison produced songs in many genres. For example, he said one of his biggest solo hits was inspired by reggae music. During an interview, George said he watched a ...
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, the voice behind “Many Rivers to Cross” and “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” has died at 81. Born James Chambers on July 30, 1944, in rural St. James Parish, Jamaica, he ...
Bunny Wailer, one of the most influential singers in reggae music history, died Tuesday at age 73. Along with a young Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, the artist born Neville O’Riley Livingston co-founded ...
Toots Hibbert, one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars with classics such as “Pressure Drop,” “Monkey Man” and "Funky Kingston," has died. He was 77. Hibbert, frontman of Toots & the Maytals, ...
(RNS) — Reggae music encapsulates the prophetic spirituality I looked to embody when I was an evangelical Christian but could never find. (RNS) — The last time I ran into God was at a reggae lounge in ...