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 ...

Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...

For country singer Wesrok, music has always been about storytelling. But with his latest single, God Knows Me Better, the ...

Whatever mood you're in, contemporary reggae has a tune for you. That's because Jamaican music is a study in contrasts: Songs veer from sacred to profane, sexy to spiritual, blisteringly aggressive to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The affection between Sting and Shaggy is palpable from the moment they sit down together. When the two prolific recording artists are asked where the chemistry comes from, Shaggy ...

“Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is one of the most famous Christmas songs of all time. For reasons beyond all understanding, Paul McCartney made it into a reggae song. There are a few reasons why ...

Heartfelt conscious roots reggae track honors 18-year-old UK student Henry Nowak, tragically killed in 2025. All ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music, and why you buy the tunes you do. Jul 29, 2014, 07:27am EDT Jul 29, 2014, 08:46am EDT This article is more ...

In 2011, Jamaican writer and activist Dutty Bookman coined the phrase “reggae revival” to describe artists like Protoje, Chronixx, Jah9, Kabaka Pyramid, Jesse Royal, and others who tended to favor ...

(RNS) — Reggae music encapsulates the prophetic spirituality I looked to embody when I was an evangelical Christian but could never find. (RNS) — The last time I ran into God was at a reggae lounge in ...