Acclaimed as the greatest British reggae band when it emerged in 1978, Steel Pulse is perhaps the last great old-school reggae band left. Two of its best recordings have been recently released. The ...

Last month, the twenty-two-year-old Jamaican singer and rapper Koffee appeared as a musical guest on the “Tonight Show.” The studio’s stage had been outfitted to look like a casual and haphazard dance ...

The Van Gordon Martin Band will be performing Thursday September 5 at the South Shore Music Hall, opening for the acclaimed Colorado funk-rock jamband known as The Motet. Martin came to Boston in the ...

Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This When it comes to Jamaican music, Patricia Chin has heard it ...

Old reggae meets the politics of persecution on the MC’s twisted dancehall debut Dancehall: while a friendly iteration of this sound has made its presence felt in the charts, London and Berlin-based ...

Kairo McLean grew up on a steady dose of old school reggae and Jamaican DJs whose skills and sense of rhythm he absorbed by osmosis. He picked up his first instrument, the drums, at the age of three ...

It's out with the new, in with the old as Guardian writers take turns daily to select a song from the past that moves them Jon Dennis: Dr No was set in Jamaica, so why not record a joyful ska version ...

One of the most important figures in reggae, rocksteady, and all its related sub-genres, John Holt was just 69 when he passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, the Jamaican Observor reports.

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