In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...

Amid the racial turmoil in Britain’s West Indian communities during the late 1970s, a mellow sound called lovers’ rock emerged in that country. It exploded through singers like Sugar Minott, Vivian ...

One of the world’s most popular reggae bands, Steel Pulse initially honed their infectious roots sound before wild crowds of punks in their British homeland. Formed in 1975 in the industrial hub of ...

Jamaica was a slave-operated plantation island for two centuries beginning in around the mid-1600s. The island then became a British colony until Jamaica gained its independence in the 1960s. Within ...

With just days to go before the reveal of the 2025 Grammy nominations, a few of the hottest stars from across Caribbean music could earn their first nomination for best reggae album. Outside of Grammy ...

Jamaican music is well known for its chew-'em-up, spit-'em-out turnover of talent. Accordingly, few of its stars become accepted as reggae royalty. Lloyd "King Jammy" James, however, is one of them.

Ever since 1978, UB40 has been a steady global music presence preaching the reggae-pop gospel. The United Kingdom natives marked the band’s 45th anniversary in 2023 and has further celebrated this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We all know that it wasn’t a mistake — BET already contacted us to license the track for TV rights,” Bost stressed in a statement ...

However, various factors including the increasing blurring of British and Jamaican slang and figures of speech, and the support of young white DJs like Gabriel Heatwave on Rinse FM and Radio 1's ...

ALL THE WAY FROM GREAT BRITAIN! **BRITISH REGGAE PIONEERS** BLACK SLATE return to SAN FRANCISCO ! *BLACK SLATE* (Original BRITISH REGGAE MOVEMENT pioneers of the late ’70s who paved the way for the ...

Nearly 40 years after its rejection from a United States premiere at the New York Film Festival, Frank Rosso’s cult British reggae film, “Babylon,” has been released for screenings around the nation ...