Whatever mood you're in, contemporary reggae has a tune for you. That's because Jamaican music is a study in contrasts: Songs veer from sacred to profane, sexy to spiritual, blisteringly aggressive to ...

WEBVTT AND YOU’VE GOT QUITE THE MUSIC MASH-UP. ♪ STEP IN ON A MONDAY NIGHT AND YOU MIGHT THINK YOU ARE IN BELFAST. THE DAVID SQUARE PUB HOLDS A JAM SESSION THAT IS SURE TO GET YOUR TOES TAPPING. WE ...

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 ...

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 ...

Walk through any mall, and you’ll see stores filled with racks of clothes in the red, green and gold of Jamaica. Stroll through any college campus, and you may hear the sounds of Bob Marley’s “Legend” ...

More than a few classic rockers have poured the flavors of Jamaica into their music – which means there were plenty of tracks to pick from to create the Top 10 Reggae Rock Songs. With the growing ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by A!MS, Ding Dong and Collie Buddz. By Kyle Denis After several false starts, summer finally seems to have settled in. That means music ...

Dolly Parton is one of the most recognizable artists on the planet, and her influence spans well beyond country music. Singers in all genres have covered her work, and now one of her hit songs is ...

Multiple Grammy-nominated reggae musician, Rocky Dawuni, has expressed concern that Ghanaian radio stations are keeping reggae music stuck in the past by continually recycling songs that are over a ...