The 1970s were a wild time for American music. Disco happened, punk happened, reggae showed up in the U.S. again and stayed a long time, inspiring a burgeoning ska scene, and glam and metal bands made ...

KINGSTON (Reuters) - The main event at fight night in Kingston, a popular boxing showcase, was hours away, but the crowd at the National Stadium's indoor arena, from the young and hip to the elderly, ...

In 1978, Ansel Cridland was getting ready to play in front of the biggest audiences he’d ever seen in Jamaica. His roots-reggae group The Meditations were opening for Bob Marley and the Wailers at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lee “Scratch” Perry, the eccentric, revolutionary Jamaican producer, songwriter and performer whose influence extended far beyond ...

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...