The lovingly conceived, brilliantly executed, multi-platform Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae aims to achieve the same sort of museum piece-to-modernity transformation for Jamaican rocksteady that ...

And so it was with the reggae edition (part of the Reggae Britannia season), which took a brisk 90-minute march from reggae's arrival in Britain from Jamaica in the Sixties to the point where it ...

From KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole: The days are longer and the weather is hotter, people it’s Reggae time once again in Los Angeles! It’s an honor being the annual host of Reggae NightHollywood Bowl at the as ...

Roots reggae fans should be out in force at Saturday’s performance by The Melodians at Sound Wave (formerly ’Canes) in Mission Beach, and for very good reason. Formed in 1965 by singers Brent Dowe, ...

I never really had a reggae phase, though I did try to grow dreads once (it did not turn out well). Of course I've always enjoyed Bob Marley, but he sort of transcends genres in a way that not many ...

You're in for a pre-Thanksgiving treat. Yesterday, I posted on a 1964 Jamaican mini documentary on ska, the island's dominant dance music of the early 1960s. Today. I found a high-resolution print of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — One of the founders of a leading Jamaican reggae and rocksteady trio from the 1960s has died. A bandmate says Barry Llewellyn of the Heptones died Wednesday at age 64. Lead ...

Get ready for the Reggae Rock Steady vibes of The New Rulers. Great horn section, great rasta feel, and a band that not only knows there music, but also knows the history behind it! Join Host Ken ...

The great James Chambers aka Jimmy Cliff performing in 2012. Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Next time you turn on the reggae station, take a moment to appreciate that you’re now listening to a piece of ...