Rabbi Yoey Muchnik and iZZy D JaY are exploring a fresh sound with their newest release—bringing the warm, laid-back groove ...

I started as Music Director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic in July, 1979. The first show I put on was the Reggae Beat, which soon became the most popular weekend show at the station. Roger ...

The Jamaica Observer’s Entertainment Desk continues with the 18th of its biweekly feature looking at seminal moments that have helped shape Jamaica over the past 60 years. WHEN the sensational Sleng ...

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 ...

The opening of The Harder They Come at the Playhouse Theatre returns us with a bang to the moment reggae entered the world. There had been one-off ska hits from Jamaica before. But the 1972 Perry ...

The inaugural Green Mountain Reggae Festival debuts September 6 through 8 at the Bradford Fairgrounds. With a stacked lineup of top reggae talent from Vermont and abroad, the fest features Easy Star ...

In the late 1960s a new sound was stirring up Jamaica. With its heavy bass vibrations, the magnetic younger brother of Ska and Rocksteady was irresistible. Reggae would go on to become one of the most ...

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 ...