KALAMAZOO, MI -- The classic roots reggae of The Meditations is nearly four decades old, but it's still relevant, Ansel Cridland feels. Cridland -- also known as Ansel Meditation -- will bring the ...

The annual Ragga Muffins Festival hasn’t restored the “Bob Marley Day” that used to be part of its name, but for its 25th staging the reggae extravaganza has made a concerted move toward the classic ...

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 a time when most Americans have been exposed to a more pop-influenced style of reggae music, it’s important to remind newer reggae fans about the genre’s roots. Imagine an underground movement ...

Something magical was brewing in the Jamaican music scene in the late 1960’s. Popular dance forms like ska were blending with rural folk sounds, and the whole thing was coming under the influence of R ...

Once one of pop music's most distinctive and controversial stars, Sinead O'Connor returns for a night of Jamaican roots music with reggae legends Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, recorded live at ...

It comes as no surprise that Putumayo dedicated an entire album to Jamaica’s musical heritage. After all, reggae is possibly the most popular ethnic music of choice outside its native homeland.

The lovingly conceived, brilliantly executed, multi-platform Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae aims to achieve the same sort of museum piece-to-modernity transformation for Jamaican rocksteady that ...

An inventive photographer has retaken famous record covers in their original London locations. Alex Bartsch studied reggae record sleeves photographed in the capital city between 1967 and 1987. He ...