Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by A!MS, Ding Dong and Collie Buddz. By Kyle Denis After several false starts, summer finally seems to have settled in. That means music ...

Jamaica was a slave-operated plantation island for two centuries beginning in around the mid-1600s. The island then became a British colony until Jamaica gained its independence in the 1960s. Within ...

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 ...

Reading the Jamaica Gleaner this week, I fell upon an article announcing the fact that six of the 10 records in the Billboard Reggae chart are by non-Jamaicans. Nothing against Matisyahu, but given ...

As the excitement builds for the upcoming Grammy Awards, the spotlight shines brightly on the Best Reggae Album category, ...

I honestly couldn’t tell you how many reggae and dancehall mixtapes I listened to during my childhood years. The burned CDs—with their sometimes glitchy skips, boisterous sound effects between ...

The percussive rhythms of reggae and dancehall music can make anyone start moving toward the dance floor. Los Angeles has a small, yet passionate community of music lovers who cannot resist a night ...

The arrest this summer of elusive alleged drug kingpin — and Jamaican folk hero — Christopher “Dudus” Coke served as a dramatic reminder that when it comes to partying at the crossroad between ...

Reggae Dancehall artist Spice, who's known for very risqué dance moves and lyrics, flipped the script with her song “Black Hypocrisy.” The song is not about having a good time, but rather what she ...