Do you yearn for simpler times and (arguably) better music? The year 1970 produced hits that would set the musical tone for the rest of the decade, and I’m a big fan of the following three nostalgic ...

Not a lot of reggae sounds like Mexican music. However, Don Henley connected the two genres when he heard an early version of The Eagles’ “Hotel California” and called it “Mexican Reggae.” Here’s a ...

Jamaican reggae legend Horace Andy started recording in the late ’60s, and he released the classic debut album Skylarking in 1972. For the past few decades, however, Andy has been best known as a ...

Last month, the twenty-two-year-old Jamaican singer and rapper Koffee appeared as a musical guest on the “Tonight Show.” The studio’s stage had been outfitted to look like a casual and haphazard dance ...