The Wailing Souls are part of the small surviving group of reggae and roots originators still musically active today. The legendary group dates back to the late 1960s. The Wailing Souls members got ...

For many outside of Jamaica, Third World provided their first exposure to reggae. Courtesy photo One of the longest performing reggae bands of all time, Jamaica’s Third World continues to captivate ...

Garth Dennis, the Jamaican music legend credited among the architects of “electro reggae,” a fusion of reggae and electronic music conveyed by his world-renowned band Black Uhuru, has died. He was 72.

Every February Jamaica turns its attention once again to reggae — not merely as a genre, but as a living expression of national identity with global reach. Reggae is expression, reflection, and rhythm ...

In 2011, Jamaican writer and activist Dutty Bookman coined the phrase “reggae revival” to describe artists like Protoje, Chronixx, Jah9, Kabaka Pyramid, Jesse Royal, and others who tended to favor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Late last week, some of Jamaica’s most storied musicians — including former Wailers guitarist Earl “Chinna” Smith and DJ U Brown — ...

Lead singer with the Jamaican “family reggae band” Morgan Heritage, Peter (“Peetah”) Morgan, passed away on February 25. Although the Morgan family did not disclose the cause of death, a close ...

Cocoa Tea, the legendary reggae singer from Jamaica, has died at age 65, the Jamaican Gleaner reported. Malvia Scott, the singer’s wife, told the news outlet that her husband died Tuesday morning, ...

Collisha Frame, promoter of Reggae Fusion, says the second staging will be a memorable one thanks to a stellar line-up. The event, slated for February 28 at Reggae Jamaica Village, Church Road, Bog ...

Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae star whose lead role in the 1972 cult-movie sensation “The Harder They Come” helped introduce the pulsating island dance beat to a global audience, has died. He was 81 ...