Jamaican entertainment industry insiders have rubbished claims by veteran music executive Murray Elias that dancehall and reggae acts cannot compete with Afrobeats due to inferior talent ...

With his crooner's voice and sociopolitical lyrics, Everton Blender is one of the leaders of a growing trend in Jamaican music: a renaissance of the rasta roots vibration within the island's ...

Jamaican music icon Marcia Griffiths will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Reggae Genealogy outdoor concert and musical showcase on Feb. 10. (David I. Muir, Island Syndicate/Courtesy) ...

Japan, for instance, has long been a big market for Jamaican music. But these days local Japanese reggae acts outsell most visiting Jamaican artists. That frustrates Jamaican dancehall deejay Demarco.

Jamaican reggae music has an unlikely yet passionate ambassador—a white American businessman of a certain age who is investing big energy and even bigger money to spread the gospel of reggae and ...

A live music festival in Broward County will celebrate Jamaican music’s rich legacy, its impact on various genres around the world and reggae’s most influential icons.