Rastafarian music, including traditional Nyabingi chants, drumming and reggae. The traditional music of the Rastafarian religion is Nyabingi. Nyabingi music is used during reasoning sessions and ...

The historic-yet-sadly-dilapidated Ward Theatre in the middle of downtown Kingston, Jamaica is normally closed to the public. But it played host to a unique performance this past June, one that closed ...

Listen to Rastafarian songs "Nybingi Medley" and "King So High" Visit the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Web site for purchase and more information Jake Homiak is the curator for Discovering ...

As 2015 marks the 50 th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march, many Americans will understandably and fittingly concentrate their observance of Black History Month on the life and legacy of the ...

What happens when you introduce a Cuban basketball star to weed, percussion, and the Marley family? You get Johnny Dread, a rasta music ambassador since 1987 when he started playing drums in the band ...

This week’s cover story, “Rasta Redmon,” explores the cultural and musical connections between the indigenous people of Arizona and Jamaican reggae artists, told through the story of Hopi reggae ...

If Las Vegas were taking bets on which band will drop an album the world will soon be talking about – and singing, skanking, and otherwise shaking their booty to – an album that will quickly catapult ...

Stenneth Scarlett has a vision for his new Rasta Village (225 NW Second Ave.) in Little Haiti. Known as Jah Hightowa, the member of the Rastafari belief wants to teach the people of Miami the cultures ...

Snoop Dogg had come to Burbank to let loose the lion. Engulfed by a haze of marijuana smoke thick as London fog in a hotel suite high above the so-called Media Capital of the World, the gangsta rap ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Rastafari community will commemorate a historic milestone as they come together to celebrate the first anniversary of the Rastafari Mansions and Organizations (RMO) umbrella ...