How a Prophet Shaped a Sound - DancehallMag. Few figures loom over Jamaican music the way Marcus Mosiah Garvey does. He never ...

The 12 Best Roots Reggae Songs of All Time - DancehallMag. Roots reggae was never background music. It was scripture, news bulletin and protest march, pressed onto seven inches of vinyl and carried ...

KINGSTON (Reuters) - The main event at fight night in Kingston, a popular boxing showcase, was hours away, but the crowd at the National Stadium's indoor arena, from the young and hip to the elderly, ...

In “Reggae: The Golden Age of a Spiritual Revolution and Musical Rebellion, 1970–1980,” Dr. Reiland Rabaka enters the decade when Jamaica transformed bass, drum, scripture, street knowledge, and ...

His early hits were filled with sexual innuendo. But he later switched to a soulful political message that resonated in 1970s Jamaica and beyond. By Clay Risen Max Romeo, a reggae singer whose ...

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 ...

Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare began their partnership in 1974. By Patricia Meschino Argentinian percussionist Hernan “Don Camel” Sforzini — who has worked in the reggae industry ...

When UNESCO announced that “the reggae music of Jamaica” had been added to its list of cultural products considered worthy of recognition, it was a reflection on the fact that reggae, which grew from ...