Sunaina Keonaona Kale grew up in California, loving Hawaiian music. Years before she earned her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, Kale convinced her mom to buy her the complete ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Professor Mike Alleyne Ph.D is an award-winning author and editor. The Jamaican artist’s death aged 81 invites reflection on a ...

The International Reggae All Stars are brothers from other countries. Despite having members from different parts of Jamaica, Trinidad, Venezuela and Ghana, IRAS (pronounced Eye-Rahz, as in ‘Rasta’) ...

Editor's Note: This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities and their impact on our region. The series builds on The Star ...

In 1997, writer, producer and performer Michael Goldwasser founded reggae collective Easy Star All-Stars, and has since then released half a dozen albums with names like “Dub Side of the Moon,” ...

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The UN's cultural agency said reggae music has contributed to "international discourse on issues" such as injustice and resistance. Kingston has described the music tradition as "uniquely Jamaican." ...

Former Maui Radio DJ Guy Amico (from left), Marty Dread and former Q103 DJ Shaggy Jenkins are starting a new reggae radio station for world broadcast. Courtesy photo The world has a new online reggae ...

Just before dawn, in the garage of his mansion, set high above a medieval village in the Swiss Alps, Lee “Scratch” Perry balances precariously on the top step of a ladder and spray paints an abstract ...

It was punk's "summer of hate", 1977, and the required pose was a sneer, a leather jacket and something hacked about – a spiky haircut, a ripped T-shirt, a sawn-off school tie. And, of course, no ...

Do you know the songs of your people? Have you sung and danced to the melodies that brought them hope, peace, and joy? The Caribbean (also known as the West Indies) is a popular tourist destination.

BOB MARLEY: (Singing) One love... DEREK SCOTT: This is a very historic day. KELLY: That is Derek Scott. He's a spokesperson for the Jamaican Embassy here in D.C. SCOTT: For us as a little country to ...