Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...

Reggae music originated in Jamaica in the 1960s. Its focus on social justice, as well as Rastafarian spiritual themes, also resonated with other popular folk music around the world at the time, such ...

February marks National Reggae Month — a time to celebrate the rich anthology of Jamaican music and honor the birthdays of late icons Dennis Brown and Bob Marley. The festival will include ...

From the streets of Cairo and Tripoli to Morocco’s Sahel and Sudan's Nubian desert communities, Bob Marley’s musical legacy ...

Fifteen years ago, the Seoul-based reggae band I&I Djangdan pushed the limits for experimenting with traditional Korean music ...

America’s civil rights movement, for example, influenced Bob Dylan’s brand of protest folk — as seen in the likes of ‘Blowin ... “Dub was the first electronic music,” iconic engineer Scientist ...

He has written piano etudes that incorporate Jamaican folk music into entire symphonic orchestral scores and boxes and boxes of music that has never been played. We just need a symphony orchestra ...

Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in Trinidad, the sound of Mento can be traced back to the convergent ...

Organizers on Friday announced the acts performing at the fourth annual Mill Valley Music Festival including modern blues ...