It originated on a small Carribean island and grew to become a global phenomenon recognised as a cultural institution by ...

International Reggae Day is celebrated on July 1 every year. Here’s how reggae was born in Jamaica, why the day was created ...

Berlin is a city known for its electronic music and club scene. But not everyone knows that many of the tricks used in today's club mixes, such as bass cut switches, echo and delay effects, and ...

Jah Shaka, the London roots reggae artist who inspired legions of acts across genres, has died. His management confirmed his death on Wednesday, 12th April, and did not provide a cause of death. Jah ...

Sound systems belonging to dub reggae pioneers such as King Tubby are part of the Hometown HiFi Exhibition at Sonos Studio in Los Angeles, an installation designed to pay homage to communal listening.

Reggae, with its loping and hypnotising rhythms, is the quintessential sound of Jamaica. The music’s mix of political lyrics, calls for universal love and racial harmony, and, perhaps most ...

This double-album selection of the music of 1962 shows the roots of ska and reggae – and the exuberance of the times Jamaica’s independence in August 1962 marked not just the sovereignty of a new ...

Though it is dismissed by many as a curio of music, reggae, if it is considered beyond its mainstream Bob Marley reputation, was one of the first genres of music to put the DJs and producers of music ...

These four mainstream rock songs put reggae music on the international stage after its establishment in Jamaica in the late 1960s.