From music to film, 2024 was a banner year for Caribbean artists. Reinaldo Marcus Green's Bob Marley: One Love biopic opened ...
Arizona reggae artist Tony Culture was what Gabriel Brunelle, a friend and former collaborator, calls “a good human with a profound love for everyone.” The Jamaican-born artist wasn’t shy about it, ...
On Feb. 1, the newly-opened Bronx Music Hall will host the New York City premiere of the 2019 documentary, “Studio 17: The ...
Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in Trinidad, the sound of Mento can be traced back to the convergent society of ...
Take Livingston Satekla, one the biggest reggae-dancehall artists to come out of Africa, better known as Stonebwoy. The spelling of his stage name is a nod to Jamaican Patois. The phrase "Who is ...
The British reggae label Trojan, which celebrates its 50th birthday this year, introduced the world to artists like Desmond Dekker, Jimmy Cliff and Bob and Marcia. "I am delighted, it's wonderful ...
They decided to target Island Records because, as Drummie Zeb put it in 2009 to Blues & Soul, the label “had Bob Marley, and no other major label back then had any reggae artists.” Island ...
Reggae’s relationship to weed is long and complex, and no twelve songs could possibly cover the breadth of thought and ...