No small country has packed a musical punch like Jamaica has. From Bob Marley to Buju Banton, here are its standout records ...

When he started his music career in the early 1980s, most reggae songs Stevie P heard had a message. That is the concept he ...

Whatever mood you're in, contemporary reggae has a tune for you. That's because Jamaican music is a study in contrasts: Songs veer from sacred to profane, sexy to spiritual, blisteringly aggressive to ...

Legendary British reggae-pop group UB40 is celebrating its 47th anniversary with a global tour and a brand-new album, and the band will be bringing the party to Wolf Trap on Aug. 31 at 8 p.m. With ...

Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon, has died, his wife said Monday. He was 81. The family announced the death in a ...

After years of performing with Maoli, the Maui reggae band he founded, Glenn Awong says he likes to “keep fans on their toes.” The Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning band will perform at the Maui Arts & ...

John Lennon was a fan of a classic reggae song. In addition, he said the song’s success represented how much listeners’ musical tastes had changed since the early 1960s. Notably, John felt that the ...

McKenna takes us on a virtual holoholo to Maui to Talk Story with Reggae singer-songwriter Glenn Awong of Maoli. It has been a big year for this popular Island Reggae group from Maui, winning the 2020 ...

Jason Mraz is happy to be “unapologetically positive,” as evidenced by the name of his 2019 “Good Vibes Tour” and by such buoyant Mraz songs as “I’m Yours,” “Have It All” and “The Remedy (I Won’t ...

Reggae music became popular in the late 1960s, when young people were excited about it and gravitated to the new sound. The artists were mainly grass-roots people who used their voices to articulate a ...