I honestly couldn’t tell you how many reggae and dancehall mixtapes I listened to during my childhood years. The burned CDs—with their sometimes glitchy skips, boisterous sound effects between ...

The legendary reggae drummer, Sly Dunbar, has died at age 73, creating performances that defined the genre while also ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. VP Records, the world's largest reggae music company, announces a year-long ...

Growing up in Southern England, Bob Bell fell in love with Jamaican music as soon as he bought his first recording, in 1963. As far as he was concerned, the explosion of musical creativity in that ...

No one does music fandom quite like the British. They immerse themselves in their favorite music, whatever its place of origin. They create new subcultures around it, designating new subgenres the ...

For half a century, Sly & Robbie reached into every corner of popular music. They were reggae icons and an in-demand rhythm ...

Music — one Jamaica’s internationally recognized exports — and the contribution of island’s women to the art form come to focus on VP Records’ Women of Reggae 2022 Calendar. Packed with much more ...

Simply put, reggae as a global phenomenon begins with The Harder They Come. Before most people outside Jamaica could tell you who Bob Marley was, Cliff put the world on notice that something explosive ...

Released in April 1973, Catch A Fire catapulted Bob Marley and the Wailers to global stardom. The sub-hooks of bassist Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, together with his drumming brother Carly, played a ...

There are few more important Jamaican singers than Gregory Isaacs. He was the passionate hustler with a tender heart, and as his confidence and skill grew, he addressed social issues and represented ...

"The Trojan Story" rocked the music world in 1971, introducing listeners to artists like Jimmy Cliff, the Maytals, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. Long... Trojan Records, Legendary Reggae Label, Resurrects A ...