It originated on a small Carribean island and grew to become a global phenomenon recognised as a cultural institution by ...

A new generation wants to dominate Jamaica's music scene with a fresh take on an old-school sound. NPR's Baz Dreisinger looks further into the... Jamaica's Hottest New-School Reggae Artists Return To ...

For a small place, Jamaica exerts a big influence. It covers an area of less than 11 000km2, with fewer than three million inhabitants. But ask anyone with even a passing interest in music to name its ...

International Reggae Day is celebrated on July 1 every year. Here’s how reggae was born in Jamaica, why the day was created and how the genre transformed global music.

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 ...

In honour of Mother’s Day, Observer Online is saluting several women who played important roles in the reggae movement. Considered in some quarters the first dub poet, Miss Lou championed the use of ...

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 ...

Broadcast legend Gil Bailey, who brought Caribbean music to the tri-state area and whose career spanned 50 years at four different local radio stations, died of COVID-19 earlier this week at the age ...