With roots deep in the mid-1960s Kingston, Jamaica, “rock steady” sound but exhibiting decades of evolution, the reggae giants who played the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday -- Jimmy Cliff, Toots & the ...
On November 24, 2025, Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff (né James Chambers) died at age 81. Twenty years prior, Cliff became ...
The internationally renowned Jamaican singer, best known for “War Ina Babylon,” died of complications from a heart condition ...
Sly Dunbar, the drummer in the legendary reggae rhythm section, Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar, along with bassist ...
KINGSTON (Reuters) - The main event at fight night in Kingston, a popular boxing showcase, was hours away, but the crowd at the National Stadium's indoor arena, from the young and hip to the elderly, ...
The legendary reggae drummer, Sly Dunbar, has died at age 73, creating performances that defined the genre while also ...
While Atlanta was still in its funk era in the 1970s, reggae and dancehall music began to gain popularity in New York, where they would be infused with round-the-way rap to form hip-hop. For example, ...
FILE - Reggae singer Peter Anthony Morgan of Morgan Heritage performs on the at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival Saturday, May 4, 2002, in New Orleans. Peter Morgan, lead singer of the ...