"Those three notes in Peaches: you do those three notes and it's instantly identifiable" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As bass ...

ST JAMES, Jamaica – Pier 1 car park in Montego Bay came alive for the return of the Reggae Sumfest Global Sound Clash last Thursday. The Guinness-sponsored event saw sound system royalties go ...

ST JAMES. Jamaica- Montego Bay’s Pier 1 car park was transformed into a musical warzone on Thursday night for Reggae Sumfest’s Global Soundclash. The Magnum Tonic Wine-sponsored event saw both local ...

With customised speakers pumping out earthquaking bass, sound systems are the booming heart of carnival. A selection of operators talk about 50 years of playing records from reggae to grime. Plus: a ...

Sergio Ortiz is a soft-spoken teacher in San Antonio College’s music business program. But as the reggae artist Sgt. Remo, he makes some serious noise with a wall of speakers that looks like ...

LONG before 2-Tone, Britain's reggae-loving youth were grooving at blues parties to roots reggae, pumped out of huge speakers, with a bassline that could loosen your fillings. This is the unique ...

India’s first reggae sound system, this crew of DJs and MCs comprises reggae entertainers and promoters from New Delhi, currently with a base in Goa. Says General Zooz, “Emerging in the 1950s in ...

Robbie Shakespeare, the renowned reggae bassist who helped move the genre into new sonic territory and whose playing was heard on classics by Black Uhuru and Peter Tosh as well as albums by rock icons ...

Though it is dismissed by many as a curio of music, reggae, if it is considered beyond its mainstream Bob Marley reputation, was one of the first genres of music to put the DJs and producers of music ...