On Easter Monday morning, 1964, 14-year-old Marcia Griffiths stepped onto a stage for the very first time. The occasion was an annual concert held at the Carib Theater in Kingston, Jamaica. The late ...

Wearing a custom made diamond-patterned three-piece suit, oversized black rimmed glasses and speaking in an authoritative British accent, 66-year-old David Rodigan MBE is, to say the least, an… By ...

Prominent businessman Joe Bogdanovich has announced the launch of his literary publishing division, Downsound Books, which will coincide with the Spring 2021 release of Reggae My Life Is — the memoirs ...

IT took Heather Dennis two years to compile stories for Life Beyond Reggae Music, her first book which was released early this year. Through interviews with over 100 reggae artistes, ‘from Jamaica to ...

There are two records that D.C. native Gary Himelfarb, 60, credits with turning him on to the music that would become his life’s work: Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “Catch a Fire” and Jimmy Cliff’s “The ...

David Rodigan MBE has announced he is releasing an autobiography covering his 40 years DJing reggae. The book, titled My Life In Reggae, was written with Ian Burrell and tells the story of how the son ...

Chronixx brought the sun kissed warmth and soulful roots reggae of Jamaica to his debut set Saturday at the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival. Under the scorching heat at the Outdoor Theatre, ...

Reggae's first international global superstar, Jimmy Cliff delivers dance-euphoria with his new video from his March 10 single release, "Life," which debut on Billboard. The song is from his upcoming ...

Pop music in the 21st century has been flush with precise re-creations of '60s and '70s American R&B — think of Sharon Jones, Adele, Raphael Saadiq and the late Amy Winehouse. Meanwhile, I've been ...