John Oates, one half of the pop-rock duo Daryl Hall & John Oates, is unveiling his reimagined version of the popular hit song “Maneater.” The new incarnation has been transformed into a reggae tune, ...

I have zero confidence I can predict what the world will be like next year, much less in a hundred years. But I can bet that a century from now, Nirvana‘s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” will be remembered ...

The Rolling Stones have primarily stayed within the rock n’ roll genre, but there are a few times when they have veered off course. Fans were divided when the Stones released “Miss You” as a disco ...

Salaam Remi (On Amy’s love for reggae & how it fit into their collaborations): On her first album I introduced her to “Moody’s Mood for Love,” which was a jazz record I knew because Frankie Crocker on ...

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 ...

Sometimes, legends still walk among us. Or—in our current moment—they Zoom with us. I’m talking, from my living room sofa, with Toots Hibbert, who has taken a brief break from recording at his home ...

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 ...

Flip through the local radio channels and it won’t be long until you hear a reggae song. The characteristic one drop drumming and offbeat-emphasized rhythm dominates popular music in the islands, and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The reggae world is mourning the loss of one of its most cherished voices—Cocoa Tea—who passed away at the ...

When they recorded “Red Red Wine” in 1983, the British reggae-pop band UB40 had no idea where it would take them. How about the top of the British charts and, a few years later, atop the American ...

For many outside of Jamaica, Third World provided their first exposure to reggae. Courtesy photo One of the longest performing reggae bands of all time, Jamaica’s Third World continues to captivate ...