Jimmy Cliff in The Harder They Come: he was given the lead role after entrancing the film’s director Perry Henzell with his mixture of arrogance, optimism and defiance - Everett Collection Inc/Alamy ...

If there is ever a Reggae Hall of Fame, Hiroko Okuda at Casio Computer Co. would be a fitting nominee for a monumental contribution she unknowingly made to the popular Jamaican musical genre. Casio ...

Formerly Jephter McClymount, an upholsterer from Manchester parish, Jamaica, Luciano became reggae’s Anointed One, after his 1995 prayerful hit, “It’s Me Again Jah,” filled a void in the Rastafarian ...

The Kooking of Black ‘Rice is an extraordinary, image-rich memoir that captures the life and times of Richard Ekinadese ...

Protoje is in his head. One of modern reggae’s most important figure is in a contemplative, almost melancholy mood on his latest album, Third Time’s the Charm. Gone are the aspirational anthems and ...

The standard and sound of reggae music have definitely changed over the past 10 years, says Wayne "Unga Barunga" Thompson, well-known producer and one half of the drum-and-bass duo, Notis Heavyweight ...

Come March next year, that bond will be celebrated on a grand scale as Sri Lanka hosts South Asia’s first-ever three-day reggae music festival, ‘One Love 2026 – A Tribute to Bob Marley’, on the ...

It has to be tough to be one of Bob Marley’s sons: You are forever living in the shadow of one of the greatest artists of all time. However, Ky-mani Marley has a special spirit. He seems to be a man ...

For most Jews, the line “By the rivers of Babylon” conjures the poetry of King David’s Psalms. For David Gould, the words come with a Jamaican accent, thanks to the numerous reggae artists who have ...