Brinsley Forde as Blue in Franco Rosso’s Babylon (courtesy of Kino Lorber Repertory/Seventy-Seven) Jah! Rastafari! This chant, repeated like a mantra, is a cry of faith and defiance. In the film ...

John Lennon was a fan of a classic reggae song. In addition, he said the song’s success represented how much listeners’ musical tastes had changed since the early 1960s. Notably, John felt that the ...

For decades, reggae and other styles of Jamaican music have infiltrated popular music worldwide. It’s in the DNA of everything from hip hop to punk to electronic music to reggaeton to Afrobeats and ...

Reggae music pioneer Bob Marley died at the too-young age of 36 in 1981 from melanoma. But his music lives forever in the hearts of music fans, if sales are an indication. His 1984 "Legend" best-of ...

Exactly 40 years ago, reggae legend Jimmy Cliff was introduced to the wide world as the hard-scrabble country boy Ivan Martin in the Jamaican crime film “The Harder They Come.” The movie (now revered ...

February marks National Reggae Month — a time to celebrate the rich anthology of Jamaican music and honor the birthdays of late icons Dennis Brown and Bob Marley. The festival will include dancers ...

Reggae music has been around in various incarnations for several decades, originally arising out of the vibrant ska movement of Jamaica and permutating into several micro-genres including roots, dub, ...

Our list of the 10 best songs by the reggae legend, from "Dearest Beverley" to "I Can See Clearly Now." Few names are as synonymous with reggae music as Jimmy Cliff. The Grammy-winning artist, whose ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Vincent Ford, a songwriter credited with composing the Bob Marley reggae classic “No Woman, No Cry,” has died in Jamaica. He was 68. Mr. Ford died Sunday at a hospital of ...

Bank de Léon invites you to an unforgettable evening of live roots reggae, Caribbean food, and pure soul as our Reggae Dinner + Concert Series returns next Saturday. This edition features Tek One Band ...

07:00, Sun, Apr 20, 2025 Updated: 16:15, Mon, Apr 21, 2025 The Rolling Stones guitarist is known for his love of rock n’ roll and old-timey blues. But it turns out that a reggae classic is Keith ...