Two Jamaican artists, Cocoa Tea and Determine, passed away recently, leaving behind a legacy of “conscious” reggae music that was especially popular in the 1990s even as the dancehall genre expanded ...

orgasmic bass drops and an undeniable blissful vibe. Jamaica’s pride and joy is arguably the most universal music in the world. Its followers are cross-continental; from Europe to South America to ...

The singer died at 65, leaving behind a substantial musical legacy. By Patricia Meschino Jamaican singer Cocoa Tea, whose celebrated career blurred the divide between roots reggae’s righteous ...

Although artists in the American music community had been conspicuously absent from critical commentary on post-9/11 life and military action against Iraq until recently, reggae icon Buju Banton was ...

Beenie Man, the Jamaican-born, Grammy Award-winning “King of Dancehall,” has been a controversial force in reggae music since recording his debut single, “Too Fancy,” back in 1981 when he was just 8 ...

NEW YORK -- Jamaican reggae artist Major Mackerel was slashed Sunday on the head, arm and hand by a neighbor wielding a two-foot-long sword, the musician and police said. Major Mackerel, who attracted ...

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’) ...

Some of the top artists in reggae will perform at Reggae Sunsplash 1990 at Jannus Landing in St. Petersburg at 3 p.m. Sunday. Sunsplash began six years ago as a touring offshoot of Jamaica’s famous ...

Jah Elect is a Jacksonville-based reggae artist whose EP, "The Answer," is available through iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby. He and his band open for The Original Wailers on Wednesday at Freebird Live in ...