Steven Seagal has made some horrendous misjudgements in his career, but none so awful as his attempt at making a reggae track ...

As one of the UK's most essential ska and 2 Tone-revival acts, Madness were masters of fusing the genre with pop music that ...

“Independence was coming and everybody knew it. They wanted music they could call their own.” Jamaican Independence from ...

Jamaica has several tourist centers — Montego Bay, Port Antonio, Negril — but if you're not the type who likes to be on the ...

The world's awash with so many mixed messages about Jamaica, but what makes the intrigue endure is this incessant stream of positivity, upfulness and the calibre of music that the country puts out.

Chaired by Orville “Shaggy” Burrell, alongside Judith Bodley and Sharon Burke, the Island Music Conference (IMC) isn’t just a meeting of minds—it’s a movement. From its inception, the goal has been ...

On this episode of In Defense of Ska, the crew chats with Smash Mouth bassist (and the sole remaining original member) Paul De Lisle about the band’s new ska cover of The Beatle’s “Love Me Do,” the ...

Emerging Florida-based reggae artiste Jah Single believes that the negative music which has taken over radio and the dancehall spaces is caused by what he says is a manipulation of the media.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Fancy Sixcity Pub in Portmore is a classic Jamaican dive, a glorified roadside stand in a largely abandoned industrial neighborhood west of Kingston. It sits in the shadow of ...

Rubio emphasizes U.S.-Jamaica ties, offers security support against gang activity Caribbean leaders reject U.S. accusations, prioritize Cuban medical aid Rubio plans meetings with leaders from ...