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 ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

When you think of Louisville's music scene, reggae music may not come to mind. But for the past 27 years, steel drums ring the alarm for the start of summer at the Kentucky Reggae Festival. Ibuka ...

Live at Pop Montreal, in the waning days of the sticky 2023 summer heat, long before their debut album was available, the duo known as groundsound took the stage in bright, ruffled costumes that ...

ASPEN ” Jamaica isn’t the only island where reggae rules. On the islands of Hawaii, too, reggae is a force ” so much so that there is a local hybrid, Jawaiian, a cross between Jamaica’s most popular ...

The Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts mourns the loss of sensational drummer and musician extraordinaire Desmond “Desi” Jack Jones; one who we considered an institution within our ...

(Hip-O/Island) Discovered by Columbus in 1494, subjugated by the Spanish until the British colonized it in 1655, the tiny island of Jamaica began Westernization as a slave port and pirate haven.

Raise a glass and sway to the rhythm as the ad agency honors Caribbean Black culture by toasting to aunties’ dance moves this Juneteenth. The agency released a limited-edition wine & curated a ...