Two Jamaican artists, Cocoa Tea and Determine, passed away recently, leaving behind a legacy of “conscious” reggae music that was especially popular in the 1990s even as the dancehall genre expanded ...

The singer died at 65, leaving behind a substantial musical legacy. By Patricia Meschino Jamaican singer Cocoa Tea, whose celebrated career blurred the divide between roots reggae’s righteous ...

Although artists in the American music community had been conspicuously absent from critical commentary on post-9/11 life and military action against Iraq until recently, reggae icon Buju Banton was ...

The producer born Robert Dixon was responsible for hits like the Shabba Ranks song “Dem Bow,” which became a staple of global pop. By Jon Pareles Robert Dixon, who as Bobby Digital became one of ...

NEW YORK -- Jamaican reggae artist Major Mackerel was slashed Sunday on the head, arm and hand by a neighbor wielding a two-foot-long sword, the musician and police said. Major Mackerel, who attracted ...

Reggae was once associated with politically conscious lyrics, Rastafarians and the palm-fringed shores of its native Jamaica. But forget Bob Marley and Peter Tosh singing about peace and love; these ...

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- One of the marquee dancehall artistes of the 1990s, Terry Ganzie is once again immersed in music, returning to his roots after a self-imposed hiatus from a ...

“Top ranking” is a phrase so common in the lexicon of dancehall reggae, it could almost be punctuation. That’s not to mention related terms like “highly rated,” “strictly the best,” and “tougher than ...

Jah Elect is a Jacksonville-based reggae artist whose EP, "The Answer," is available through iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby. He and his band open for The Original Wailers on Wednesday at Freebird Live in ...