Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who's unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his native Jamaica part of popular culture across the globe, has died at ...

A two-day immersive reggae and art festival is teaming up with Palm Beach County’s leading Black museum to celebrate the culture’s roots and lasting influence.

Eighty-one years ago today, the artist who is large4ly responsible for the worldwide popularity of reggae was born.

Travelers to Jamaica will find an array of music and cultural events taking place across the island this summer, highlighted by the 31st year of the Reggae Sumfest concert series. The island’s music, ...

Rich Hardesty, along with his friends from the band HyRyder, is planning a unique music festival in Negril, Jamaica, called “Jamaican Daydream.” Scheduled for January 25-29, this event will bring ...

In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...

Music is one of the best windows into a culture—and nowhere is that more evident than Jamaica. The Caribbean country is known for its sound above all else, having gifted the globe with six genres of ...

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 ...