More than 50 years after its release, The Harder They Come is still being recognized as one of the most important ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who's unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his ...

Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...

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, ...

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 ...

Mention Jamaican music to most Americans and the pop sounds of reggae usually come to mind. But there’s much more—the wonderfully rich harmonies of choral music, hundreds of rarely heard sacred songs ...

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 ...

Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator has banned music and television broadcasting deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming, and weapons. The directive says that ...

Legendary Jamaican bandleader and music icon Byron Lee, 73, died of cancer on Nov. 4 in Jamaica. Lee was 20 years old when he formed his band, the Dragonaires, in 1957. He is credited as being a ...

A local guide explained to the streamer how the island's national heroes, including Nanny of the Maroons, shaped the its ...

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 ...