This winter proved to be an unseasonably hot one on the Billboard charts. Dancehall reggae stars Sean Paul and Wayne Wonder blazed their way into the American pop mainstream with authentic, sizzling ...

Head to the Alps and you’ll be surprised to hear Sizzla and Vybz Kartel punctuating the yodels. This is largely thanks to a local sound system crew, Soldia Sound, who’ve been bringing the champion ...

What would dancehall reggae look like if it were G-rated — cleansed of all shout-outs to female anatomy, devoid of references to particular brands of ammunition, less invested in being hardcore than ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by Soul-Rebel Marley and JayBlem. By Kyle Denis If the heatwave during the New York City Democratic mayoral primary election didn’t make it ...

Whatever mood you're in, contemporary reggae has a tune for you. That's because Jamaican music is a study in contrasts: Songs veer from sacred to profane, sexy to spiritual, blisteringly aggressive to ...

Jamaican music is well known for its chew-'em-up, spit-'em-out turnover of talent. Accordingly, few of its stars become accepted as reggae royalty. Lloyd "King Jammy" James, however, is one of them.

For more than a year, Rihanna and her label Roc Nation have been hunting for beats as they work to complete an album devoted to exploring the singer’s Caribbean roots, according to conversations with ...