Jamaica’s beauty invades the veins and fills the soul. Jamaican culture is one of joy and serenity, from its luscious tropical landscape to the vivacious vibes reverberating from its people. The ...

"My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever." When Bob Marley professed this in the late 1970s, he was addressing not ...

In Jamaica during the 1950s, people began to gather in parks and on beaches, partying to music that was spun by entrepreneurial disc jockeys and piped through outdoor loudspeakers. This quirk of ...

February marks National Reggae Month — a time to celebrate the rich anthology of Jamaican music and honor the birthdays of late icons Dennis Brown and Bob Marley. The festival will include dancers ...

This year’s Grammys have a chance to make history, albeit in a way that might get missed by most TV viewers watching music’s biggest night at home. For the first time in its 39-year existence, the ...

A giant of Jamaican music, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish reggae’s themes of struggle, resistance and uplift. By Ben Sisario Much ...

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 ...