Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by Yung Bredda and Lu City. By Kyle Denis Between Vybz Kartel‘s blockbuster Freedom Street homecoming concert, Machel Montano‘s historic NPR ...

The King of Dancehall made Brooklyn his royal court during the first of two sold-out Barclays Center concerts. By Kyle Denis When asked where he was most excited to perform after finally regaining his ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. December has arrived, which means we’ll be getting more than a few tastes of the soca anthems seeking to dominate Carnival season ...

In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Between Masicka accusing Tommy Lee of hijacking Kartel’s post-incarceration momentum and the latter Lee jeering at the former’s ...

When probed by Entertainment Report host Anthony Miller to share his thoughts on the argument that traditional Dancehall has become diluted or overshadowed by American Trap music, or the newly dubbed ...

The percussive rhythms of reggae and dancehall music can make anyone start moving toward the dance floor. Los Angeles has a small, yet passionate community of music lovers who cannot resist a night ...

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 ...

The ceiling is low and the lights are even lower on "Reggae Revolution" nights at Broad Ripple's Casba nightclub. The scene suits this basement dance party, where attendees slap the ceiling and fire ...

At its core, Jamaican music culture is a project of self-determination. Reggae emerged in the ‘60s and ‘70s out of political protest, disenfranchisement, and social change in Jamaica. As the Jamaican ...