The reggae tour of the year is here. Buju Banton recently announced he’s striking out on his North American ‘Roots and Rhymes ...

"It was born genuinely and with strong musical identity because it combines the best of two genres: dancehall and Afrobeat," says Gangsta. By Pamela Bustios Sr. Charts & Data Analyst (Latin & ...

As one half of the famed rhythm duo Sly and Robbie, he played with some of the biggest names in music, including Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger. By Clay Risen Sly Dunbar, who as the drumming half of the ...

Legendary Jamaican drummer and producer Lowell ‘Sly’ Dunbar has joined the army of fallen reggae soldiers – pioneering heavyweights of reggae like Bunny Wailer, Lee “Scratch” Perry, U-Roy, Jimmy Cliff ...

Born Lowell Fillmore Dunbar in Kingston in 1952, he was instrumental in shaping not only reggae but rock, dance and hip hop with his longtime collaborator and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, who died in ...

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The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) has now unveiled the nominees for the 55th JUNO Awards, with the winners set to be revealed at Canada's biggest night in music, taking place ...

Although roots reggae had run its course by the time Garfield Cowan got interested in music production, he always admired the One Drop beat that made the genre famous during the 1970s. The One Drop ...

Few genres have had such an international impact, while remaining so geographically specific, as reggae. The best reggae albums are Jamaican through and through, and though there are other small ...

Legendary Jamaican musician, songwriter and actor Jimmy Cliff, has died at 81. Cliff’s wife, Latifa Chambers, shared the news of his death from a “seizure followed by pneumonia" on Instagram Monday, ...

When it comes to Swedish design studio and instrument manufacturer Teenage Engineering, you never quite know what's coming. Case in point: according to unconfirmed leaked images that surfaced ...