The Grammy-winning artist, whose music traversed reggae, ska, rocksteady, soul and rock ‘n’ roll, passed on Monday (Nov. 24), as announced by his wife, Latifah Chambers, in an Instagram post. “It’s ...
A maxim as profound as the Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” but far more hopeful, the jaunty 1970 single “You Can Get It If You Really Want” perfectly set up Jimmy Cliff’s career: Here is ...
Reggae and the world just lost one of its most important voices. Jimmy Cliff leaves behind a legacy that shaped global music, influenced generations of artists, and helped carry Jamaican sound to ...
NEW YORK(AP) — The story of Jimmy Cliff, who has died at age 81, is in part the story of reggae itself. Like so many Jamaican teens of his time, he moved to Kingston in the early 1960s and joined a ...