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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For an island the size of Jamaica to have such a seismic impact on popular culture shouldn’t be all that surprising, particularly given the country’s motto: “Out of many, one people.” Having grown up ...

VP Records is the largest distributor of reggae music, and Warner Music Nashville is a preeminent country label. What could the two have in common? This month, a joint album — Reggae's Gone Country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Vibes, flavour and dancehall energy lit up Reggae Sumfest Festival Night One as patrons filled the Catherine Hall Entertainment Centre in Montego Bay, Jamaica on Friday to witness ...