No small country has packed a musical punch like Jamaica has. From Bob Marley to Buju Banton, here are its standout records ...

When he started his music career in the early 1980s, most reggae songs Stevie P heard had a message. That is the concept he ...

February marks National Reggae Month — a time to celebrate the rich anthology of Jamaican music and honor the birthdays of late icons Dennis Brown and Bob Marley. The festival will include dancers ...

For decades, reggae and other styles of Jamaican music have infiltrated popular music worldwide. It’s in the DNA of everything from hip hop to punk to electronic music to reggaeton to Afrobeats and ...

Mention Jamaican music to most Americans and the pop sounds of reggae usually come to mind. But there’s much more—the wonderfully rich harmonies of choral music, hundreds of rarely heard sacred songs ...

After decades of “Brap brap brap!” heard throughout the lyrics of some of our favorite Jamaican songs, the country’s broadcasting regulator has made the decision to ban all music and television that ...

Jimmy Cliff, the two-time Grammy-winning Jamaican musician and reggae legend, has died. He was 81. Cliff’s wife, Latifa Chambers, announced his death in a statement on his Instagram page Monday. “It’s ...

Charismatic reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff, who delivered such iconic songs as "You Can Get It If You Really Want It" and a cover of Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now," has died. He was 81.

Cliff, who died Nov. 24 of pneumonia at his home in Kingston at age 81, soon had a cult following that spread far beyond West ...

The most talked about music documentary of 2025 is the recently released Sean Combs: The Reckoning which investigates the ...