At a time when most Americans have been exposed to a more pop-influenced style of reggae music, it’s important to remind newer reggae fans about the genre’s roots. Imagine an underground movement ...

This week finds a variety of new albums out. I Wayne brings reggae back to its roots. The Click Five may be touring with the Backstreet Boys, but they have more of an 1980s-retro sound. And the Juan ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- The classic roots reggae of The Meditations is nearly four decades old, but it's still relevant, Ansel Cridland feels. Cridland -- also known as Ansel Meditation -- will bring the ...

Reggae's no different from other struggling genres: Promoters need to invoke the name of a legend, in this case Bob Marley, to attract a good-sized crowd. On a busman's holiday from their own solo ...

What’s red, black, green and invading Middletown with a weekend full of hypnotic jams? The new Reggae Roots Music Festival set to launch at Thousand Acre Farms from July 30 to Aug. 1. The festival, ...

Jah Shaka, the London roots reggae legend whose soundsystem influenced generations of artists, producers, and DJs, died on Wednesday, April 12, his management has confirmed. A cause of death was not ...

Live bands. Soulful music. Substantive lyrics. I could be describing the Jamaican music scene circa 1976, the heyday of Bob Marley. But I'm talking about a sound that dominated at this year's Reggae ...

The California Roots and Arts Festival has teamed up with Ineffable Music Group and SiriusXM Radio to create a new program on the satellite radio giant's reggae channel, The Joint. By Patricia ...

In the 1970s, Toronto became a major hub for live reggae music, as Jamaican superstars such as Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles and Ernie Smith, who became the leader of Roots Revival, migrated north. In ...

Max Romeo, September 2013 (C Brandon/Redferns via Getty Images) Max Romeo, the celebrated roots reggae vocalist whose political anthems soundtracked a period of upheaval in his native Jamaica, died on ...

Leicester-born designer Nicholas Daley has unveiled his Spring/Summer 2024 collection, in which the creative continues to explore the cultural impact of roots-reggae on Britain’s Afro-Caribbean ...