No small country has packed a musical punch like Jamaica has. From Bob Marley to Buju Banton, here are its standout records ...

Sergio Ortiz is a soft-spoken teacher in San Antonio College’s music business program. But as the reggae artist Sgt. Remo, he makes some serious noise with a wall of speakers that looks like ...

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 ...

At the end of this month, February 21, Atlanta-based producer and musician Matt Mansfield will release his new EP, Small Plate / Rid Them. Containing two of his original productions alongside some ...

Go to most any venue or concert in town, and you may find yourself feeling some serious reggae vibes. Reggae originated in Jamaica in the 1960s and has long been looked at in the U.S. as beach music ...

Bob Marley performed at the Smile Jamaica Concert two days after being shot, showing his commitment to peace and making one ...

Summertime is the best time for So-Cal reggae rock to soundtrack your sunny days on the beach. Savanah-based reggae rock band Unifya are here to bring the good vibes with several upcoming shows and a ...

It’s a Sunday afternoon at West End Johnnies in downtown Boston. A band is squeezed onto a little stage beneath a flat screen TV. Lead singer Errol Strength croons Bob Marley's "Is This Love" as he ...

Reggae music nowadays seems as ubiquitous to the beaches of Southeast Asia and dorm rooms of Boston as it does to its Jamaican homeland. Now the genre that evolved in the 1960s has been added to the ...

For fans of roots reggae with a socially conscious bent, recent years have seen a drought of worthy new music. While Jamaican and Jamaican-American artists such as Sean Paul, Shabba Ranks and Shaggy ...

Lloyd Barnes has run the Wackie’s recording studio and label since the late 1970s. As he prepares for his next chapter, he wants to ensure its spirit lives on. By Brandon Wilner Lloyd Barnes carried a ...