If there is ever a Reggae Hall of Fame, Hiroko Okuda at Casio Computer Co. would be a fitting nominee for a monumental contribution she unknowingly made to the popular Jamaican musical genre. Casio ...
Check out the groovy Reggae vibes with The Rhythm-Inya on this episode of Live Music Showcase! We had a blast talking about ...
Formerly Jephter McClymount, an upholsterer from Manchester parish, Jamaica, Luciano became reggae’s Anointed One, after his 1995 prayerful hit, “It’s Me Again Jah,” filled a void in the Rastafarian ...
Jimmy Cliff in The Harder They Come: he was given the lead role after entrancing the film’s director Perry Henzell with his mixture of arrogance, optimism and defiance - Everett Collection Inc/Alamy ...
There are two ways to handle life-changing adversity. Face it head on, and pray that it makes you stronger somehow. Or quit –life, love, or whatever it may be. Modern reggae band John Brown’s Body ...
Protoje is in his head. One of modern reggae’s most important figure is in a contemplative, almost melancholy mood on his latest album, Third Time’s the Charm. Gone are the aspirational anthems and ...
It has to be tough to be one of Bob Marley’s sons: You are forever living in the shadow of one of the greatest artists of all time. However, Ky-mani Marley has a special spirit. He seems to be a man ...
The summer song -- think Nelly’s “Hot in Herre” circa ’02 or Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love” from last year -- is a tradition: It stows two months of hot, hazy vitality in one exuberant party anthem. But ...
Carson City gets some local flavor when False Rhythms brings reggae rock the free Levitt AMP Concert Series hosted by the Brewery Arts Center on Saturday. The six-piece Gardnerville band was founded ...