Skate punks Lagwagon, hip-hop collective Souls of Mischief, dancehall singer Charly Black, reggae-funk favourites The Black ...

Reggae, rocksteady, and ska legend Jimmy Cliff has died at age 81 after a seizure followed by pneumonia. His wife Latifa Chambers shared the sad news on Instagram: It’s with profound sadness that I ...

Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...

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International Reggae Day is celebrated on July 1 every year. Here’s how reggae was born in Jamaica, why the day was created ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ernest Ranglin performs at the Barbican Centre in London on June 27, 2016. “You have to put in the time,” says Ernest Ranglin ...

Colorado has long had a loving relationship with reggae music. By extension, that has led to a number of quality ska bands in the punk-rock scene. With the Wailers coming to Denver’s Gothic Theatre on ...

Singer Gwen Stefani has shared how her sibling got her into listening to UK band Madness when they were growing up. The No Doubt singer, who grew up in California, has revealed how she was introduced ...

The Victoria Ska and Reggae Festival enters its 26th year this week as one of the top events in the city. It is also steadying itself for the biggest attendance in festival history, at a point in time ...

While contemporary reggae might seem far removed from jazz, it is important to understand how jazz played a major part in its early development. If any country could be identified solely by its music, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Ska has been making its way back into the public consciousness more and more each year, it continues to attract new generations, and there continue to be so many great ska and ska-punk records coming ...