The 1970s were a wild time for American music. Disco happened, punk happened, reggae showed up in the U.S. again and stayed a long time, inspiring a burgeoning ska scene, and glam and metal bands made ...

Jamaican music is suddenly the ubiquitous chaser to this summer's nasty shot of a heatwave. Rising star Cham's "Ghetto Story" single was a monster hit in Jamaica; an album of the same name was ...

Singer-songwriter Johnny Nash, who helped popularize reggae music globally and was best known for his 1972 reggae-influenced hit, "I Can See Clearly Now," died Tuesday. He was 80. Nash, who had been ...

Blondie emerged in the mid-’70s underground rock scene, hitting mainstream airwaves with its third album, 1978’s Parallel Lines. That record, particularly the single “Heart of Glass,” set the stage ...

Lee “Scratch” Perry, the eccentric, revolutionary Jamaican producer, songwriter and performer whose influence extended far beyond his historic role in the development of reggae music, died Sunday at a ...

Jamaican reggae legend Alton Ellis has passed away, aged 70. Ellis, who was nicknamed "The Godfather of Rocksteady", died at Hammersmith Hospital, London at the weekend. He is survived by his wife and ...

In 1982, at the height of his career, Yellowman (born Winston Foster) was diagnosed with skin cancer. After being in ...

Producer and label operator Clement “Coxsone” Dodd, one of the great architects of reggae music, died of a heart attack Tuesday at his studio in Kingston, Jamaica. He was 72. A jazz fan, Dodd ...

Considered a veteran of the local dub and reggae scene, DJ Robert Rankin’ has been educating crowds about tunes, riddims, and basslines for over 30 years, whether it’s on the airwaves of various radio ...