Long before the Rolling Stones played the Belly Up, internationally famous musicians started popping up at the Solana Beach music showcase in the early ’80s. One of the first was bassist Fully ...

The internationally renowned Jamaican singer, best known for “War Ina Babylon,” died of complications from a heart condition ...

At a time when most Americans have been exposed to a more pop-influenced style of reggae music, it’s important to remind newer reggae fans about the genre’s roots. Imagine an underground movement ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about film, the arts, and design. Mar 13, 2019, 12:51pm EDT Mar 14, 2019, 06:12am EDT This article is more than 6 years ...

PLYMOUTH — Mystic Bowie’s Talking Dreads recasts the Talking Heads’ quirky new-wave pop in a roots-reggae vibe. The Dreads will pay homage to the Heads in a The Flying Monkey Movie House and ...

Jah Shaka, the London roots reggae legend whose soundsystem influenced generations of artists, producers, and DJs, died on Wednesday, April 12, his management has confirmed. A cause of death was not ...

Last summer the New York Times reported that Grammy-nominated reggae star Chronixx told a crowd during one of his electric performances: “This is the beautiful sound of reggae music from the island of ...

And so it was with the reggae edition (part of the Reggae Britannia season), which took a brisk 90-minute march from reggae's arrival in Britain from Jamaica in the Sixties to the point where it ...