Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...

With nominees like DIMAHR, Ras Canly, and Don Dada, this year's Best Reggae Album award at the 32nd South African Music ...

Start Me Up' by the Rolling Stones originally started life as a reggae track until it was revamped for the 'Tattoo You' album.

The band currently dominating the Billboard Reggae Album Chart with three releases has a new record arriving in November. Its rise is supported by the independent Ineffable Music Group. LONG BEACH, CA ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A two-time Grammy-nominated reggae singer and more Sarasota area concerts taking place the week of July 31-Aug. 6.

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 ...

Audiences gather at Harbourfront Centre's Island Soul festival, where Caribbean music, culture and community come together on Toronto's waterfront. This year's festival also marks the official launch ...

You could hear it on mainstream radio in 1978, courtesy of The Police, and if you're in Britain, you can hear it on the airwaves today, in the music of Birmingham-born MC Lady Leshurr: reggae's ...

Veteran reggae and dancehall artiste Sugar Ranking has called for the struggles of the pioneers who helped establish reggae and dancehall in Ghana to be documented and preserved as part of the country ...