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

More than 40 years after his death, Bob Marley’svoice still echoes far beyond Jamaica. His music became the soundtrack for ...

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

The reggae sensation is back with his first solo album in four years. Read the Billboard interview.

Hong Kong International Reggae Ska Festival planner Paul Thompson shares why the city jives with Jamaican music and 2026’s ...

The Kingston, Jamaica native's music speaks to his life journey, while prioritizing messages over melody and rhyme schemes ...

Before America met Bob Marley, reggae was merely "novelty music." Criticism in the U.S. focused on how it was "crude, cheap, not to be taken seriously on any level." It had no tune or any "good words ...

In honour of Mother's Day, Observer Online is saluting several women who played important roles in the reggae movement.

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. On August 6 1962, Jamaica declared independence from colonial Britain. The new flag had a St Andrew’s cross designed in gold ...

Stonebwoy has once again asserted his authority over the African reggae and dancehall landscape, clinching the Best ...

Huntley Septimus opened Reggae Soca Spice on the North Shore in Devonshire with little fanfare, wanting to really get a feel ...