Jamaican music is suddenly the ubiquitous chaser to this summer's nasty shot of a heatwave. Rising star Cham's "Ghetto Story" single was a monster hit in Jamaica; an album of the same name was ...

The Jamaican singer-songwriter will release his third album, Heart of Love, on May 15, 2026, blending classic reggae ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shot in Jamaica, Skip Marley's video for “In Our Sight” reinforced the song’s message of collective strength. The track is ...

Reggae music pioneer Bob Marley died at the too-young age of 36 in 1981 from melanoma. But his music lives forever in the hearts of music fans, if sales are an indication. His 1984 "Legend" best-of ...

For decades, reggae and other styles of Jamaican music have infiltrated popular music worldwide. It’s in the DNA of everything from hip hop to punk to electronic music to reggaeton to Afrobeats and ...

The Expanders take pains to duplicate the sounds of classic Jamaican music using old tube guitar amps, vintage organs, and Leslie speakers, but there’s some irony in doing so, according to rhythm ...

Any history of reggae going global must trace a path directly from Kingston to London. It’s this connection that photographer Alex Bartsch hopes to make clear in his forthcoming book, Covers: ...

Simply put, reggae as a global phenomenon begins with The Harder They Come. Before most people outside Jamaica could tell you who Bob Marley was, Cliff put the world on notice that something explosive ...

Reggae Month 2026 is officially underway, marking the 17th anniversary of the declaration of February as Reggae Month in Jamaica. Under the national theme “Rhythms of Resilience,” the capital comes ...

The annual Ragga Muffins Festival hasn’t restored the “Bob Marley Day” that used to be part of its name, but for its 25th staging the reggae extravaganza has made a concerted move toward the classic ...

Classic Albums Live presents some of rock music's best albums in their entirety, as they were recorded, note for note and cut for cut. The group, which presented The Beatles: Abbey Road Pink Floyd's ...