This week finds a variety of new albums out. I Wayne brings reggae back to its roots. The Click Five may be touring with the Backstreet Boys, but they have more of an 1980s-retro sound. And the Juan ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about film, the arts, and design. This article is more than 6 years old. On August 5th, 1976, the British musician Eric ...

Reggae's no different from other struggling genres: Promoters need to invoke the name of a legend, in this case Bob Marley, to attract a good-sized crowd. On a busman's holiday from their own solo ...

Live bands. Soulful music. Substantive lyrics. I could be describing the Jamaican music scene circa 1976, the heyday of Bob Marley. But I'm talking about a sound that dominated at this year's Reggae ...

Renowned for his prolific output and complex, spiritually instructive lyrics as lead singer with the Rastafarian roots reggae band Midnite and later Akae Beka, Vaughn Andre Benjamin, 50, passed away… ...

What’s red, black, green and invading Middletown with a weekend full of hypnotic jams? The new Reggae Roots Music Festival set to launch at Thousand Acre Farms from July 30 to Aug. 1. The festival, ...

Jah Shaka, the London roots reggae legend whose soundsystem influenced generations of artists, producers, and DJs, died on Wednesday, April 12, his management has confirmed. A cause of death was not ...

In the 1970s, Toronto became a major hub for live reggae music, as Jamaican superstars such as Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles and Ernie Smith, who became the leader of Roots Revival, migrated north. In ...

Max Romeo, September 2013 (C Brandon/Redferns via Getty Images) Max Romeo, the celebrated roots reggae vocalist whose political anthems soundtracked a period of upheaval in his native Jamaica, died on ...