The group's 1992 hit, "Sweat (A La La La La Long)," reached certified Platinum status in the U.K. The track has accumulated more than 600,000 in sales and streaming units. Before this, the single had ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio —The Cleveland Museum of Art is turning up the reggae for its next MIX event from 6 to 10 p.m., Friday, Sept. 4. It will be an evening of music, art, food and drinks inspired by more ...

Reggae music nowadays seems as ubiquitous to the beaches of Southeast Asia and dorm rooms of Boston as it does to its Jamaican homeland. Now the genre that evolved in the 1960s has been added to the ...

Jamaica’s distinctive beat has furthered ‘international discourse on injustice’, says Unesco – while devotees praise it for breaking down colonial race barriers The UN has added reggae music to its ...

KINGSTON—Grammy Award-winning reggae artist Kabaka Pyramid has released Rebel Music—The Lyrics Tape. The forthcoming ...

Music and religion have long made for a potent mix. In the case of reggae and the Rastafari religion, the links go deep, as a new compilation from the Soul Jazz label makes clear. Rastafari: The ...

Jamaican music has travelled a long way since Prince Buster, Millie Small, The Skatalites, and Desmond Dekker first entered the British Hit Parade in the early 1960s. Looking in the rear view mirror ...

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 ...

Despite Reggae Month 2021 being kept on servers and streaming sites due to the global pandemic, Jamaica’s long and storied history continues on in film unabashedly. The country’s theme of “Come Ketch ...

Reggae has been added to a list of international cultural treasures which the United Nations has deemed worthy of protecting and promoting. The music, which grew out of Jamaica in the 1960s thanks to ...