Jamaican music is suddenly the ubiquitous chaser to this summer's nasty shot of a heatwave. Rising star Cham's "Ghetto Story" single was a monster hit in Jamaica; an album of the same name was ...

Once a cornerstone of Jamaican music, the instrumental has long given way to hardcore dancehall rhythms with multiple artistes. Drummer Sly Dunbar believes there is a place in contemporary reggae for ...

WOODBURY -- More than two decades have passed since the deaths of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh -- arguably the two most important figures in the rise of reggae music. However, demand for their music has ...

Stevie Wonder’s Someday at Christmas has been a Yuletide staple on Jamaican radio for over 50 years. It is one of the songs covered on VP Records’ Reggae Christmas Classics album, scheduled for ...

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, the pioneering reggae artist, producer and songwriter, has died at the age of 85. Jamaican media outlets reported the musician passed away in hospital in Lucea, a town located on ...