Reggae music, whose chill, lilting grooves won international fame thanks to artists like Bob Marley, on Thursday secured a coveted spot on the United Nations list of global cultural treasures. A ...

A woman walks past a mural depicting reggae music icon Bob Marley painted on the rolling shutter of a Tobacconist shop in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) PARIS (AP) — Reggae ...

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 ...

Reggae music has been added to a United Nations list of global cultural treasures that should be protected. UNESCO, the UN's cultural agency, said the genre had been added to the list due to its ...

Wa-ka, wa-ka is the sound of the first riffs that open up Bob Marley’s “Stir It Up.” Sister Nancy’s “Bam Bam” begins with slow-paced horns that give way to her cool cadence. Drums pause with the ...

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has added reggae to its list of cultural institutions worthy of protection and preservation, the BBC reports. Each year, ...

Tad Dawkins Senior, principal of Tad’s International Record, is counting on Just Giving Thanks by Glen Washington to give the ...

One of the best-loved musical styles in the world now bears a new distinction. Reggae — the uniquely Jamaican creation born in the late 1960s and made popular globally by artists like Bob Marley and ...

UNESCO—the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization—annually adds new entries to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This year, Jamaica ...