On a brisk evening in East Nashville, Tenn., many have gathered for a back-and-forth battle of music progressives. Joy, an adventurous songwriter with a keening but smooth voice, reveled in the moment ...

This Saturday at Caribbean Village, DJ Indiana Jones and his longtime musical collaborator DJ Danger will be participating in Indy's first Jamaican-style DJ sound clash. Jones, a.k.a Ron Miner, has ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — While admitting that an underground sound system clash acted as the catalyst for his musical career, multi-Grammy-winning artiste Orville ‘Shaggy’ Burrell says he doesn’t foresee ...

In the 1990s, the idea of the Jamaican soundclash – a fierce sound battle between rival soundsystems – took off around the world, from the Caribbean to the US, Japan to Scandinavia. A series of World ...

Lamenting that Jamaica’s once-vibrant clash culture is slowly becoming defunct, music pundits dished out key advice they believe could usher in its renaissance. The discussion, which took place at ...

OPINION: Originating from Jamaica, the sound clash was an inspiring agent of hip-hop, breeding a culture of competition in contemporary Black music that still resonates today. On a brisk evening in ...