It’s part of a decades-old debate – how are today’s youth influenced by their music? But in this case, there is a Caribbean twist and the focus is the role of reggae music radio deejays. At a Bronx ...
Former Maui Radio DJ Guy Amico (from left), Marty Dread and former Q103 DJ Shaggy Jenkins are starting a new reggae radio station for world broadcast. Courtesy photo The world has a new online reggae ...
Double Grammy winning DJ/Producer Native Wayne Jobson has a new nationally-syndicated Rock-Reggae radio show dubbed “Alter-Native” (via Talent Farm) The two-hour show consists of Native Wayne hosting, ...
Broadcast legend Gil Bailey, who brought Caribbean music to the tri-state area and whose career spanned 50 years at four different local radio stations, died of COVID-19 earlier this week at the age ...
The 1970s was a decade that saw a great rise in the popularity of Reggae music around the world. Largely due to acts like Bob Marley & Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh and films like The Harder They ...
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 dancers ...
Reggae is a unique fusion of local folk music with outside influences. The local folk music was a Jamaican form called mento, but in the 40s and 50s Jamaicans were also listening to music from the US ...
Reggae is known by many as Jamaica's most recognizable and influential musical genre. And now it has been officially recognized by the United Nations. This past week, reggae earned an entry on ...
Describe your business: WRRJ is a new Cocoa Beach radio station that plays newer reggae rock musicians, like Sublime, Pepper, and Slightly Stoopid, as well as classic reggae musicians like Bob Marley ...
BOB MARLEY: (Singing) One love... DEREK SCOTT: This is a very historic day. KELLY: That is Derek Scott. He's a spokesperson for the Jamaican Embassy here in D.C. SCOTT: For us as a little country to ...
Flip through the local radio channels and it won’t be long until you hear a reggae song. The characteristic one drop drumming and offbeat-emphasized rhythm dominates popular music in the islands, and ...