Jamaica is one of the epicenters of music and culture. With more artists emerging on the scene, it’s important to note the names of the Jamaican music producers who have pushed artists into newer, and ...
In Jamaica during the 1950s, people began to gather in parks and on beaches, partying to music that was spun by entrepreneurial disc jockeys and piped through outdoor loudspeakers. This quirk of ...
For decades, reggae and other styles of Jamaican music have infiltrated popular music worldwide. It’s in the DNA of everything from hip hop to punk to electronic music to reggaeton to Afrobeats and ...
This year’s Grammys have a chance to make history, albeit in a way that might get missed by most TV viewers watching music’s biggest night at home. For the first time in its 39-year existence, the ...
“You have to put in the time,” says Ernest Ranglin about how he developed into such an eloquent guitarist – and the 82-year-old legend knows a thing or two about what it takes to become a master.
Bob Marley asked him to teach him how to play and how to write. He wrote music for Dr. No. He worked with Jimmy Cliff, Millie ...
Alton Ellis, 70, the smooth-voiced Jamaican singer credited with helping launch the island's popular rock steady genre, a slow and hypnotically appealing style that borrowed from elements of American ...
Jamaican dancehall singer, Mikayla Simpson alias Koffee, has openly declared her love for Mavin Records artiste, Rema and his unmatched style of music. Jamaican singer, Koffee The reggae singer had an ...
Jamaica’s biggest summer music festival, Reggae Sumfest, returns to the country’s tourist capital, Montego Bay with a week of activities from the 16th of July to the 22nd of July this year. The week ...
He was the last surviving original member of the group, which also featured Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. Together they helped spread the music of Jamaica worldwide. By Ben Sisario Bunny Wailer, the last ...