How much reggae and reggae-related music do you need? If your answer is a hungry, "How much is there?" this four-CD box, available only as a physical set, is for you. Released to celebrate reggae, its ...
The Reggae Collection, a hits compilation by the late American reggae pop singer Johnny Nash, makes its debut on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart at #8, some 31 years after it was released. This is ...
Ghanaian Reggae/ Dancehall musician, Ras Kuuku, has shared his opinion on the current state of Reggae music in Ghana. Contrary to popular beliefs, he maintains that Reggae music is “not dead”. Ras ...
Reggae was born in Jamaica, but it found a second home in the UK – the result of waves of post-war Caribbean migration, and the curatorial ambitions of labels like Chris Blackwell’s Island Records, ...
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 ...
“Under Mi Sleng Teng,” by Jamaican singer Wayne Smith, is one of the milestones in the history of Jamaican popular music. Written by Smith and his friend Noel Davey, the pioneering dancehall classic ...
Michael Hogan strums the strings of his electric guitar, letting the desert wind carry his voice away. The musician lives in Blackstone, about 1,700 kilometres north-east of Perth and just 70km west ...
There is something about the sea, music and an easy rhythm that feels instinctively familiar to Sri Lankans. Perhaps that is why Jamaican reggae, with its messages of love, resilience and unity, has ...