In the run-up to massive reggae fest Bayside Rocks, Crossfade’s already spoken with Frederick “Toots” Hibbert about the birth of reggae. We’ve also convened with Puerto Rican crew Cultura Profética.

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 ...

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 ...

BOB MARLEY: (Singing) One love... DEREK SCOTT: This is a very historic day. KELLY: That is Derek Scott. He's a spokesperson for the Jamaican Embassy here in D.C. SCOTT: For us as a little country to ...

Barcelona-based reggae promoter, Julian Francisco Garcia Mancebo, who has been promoting and developing Jamaican acts and culture since 1991, has a dire prognosis for reggae music: the genre is ...

Authors' fieldwork in Cape Town was realized as a part of the research project “Youth Music and the Construction of Social Subjectivities and Communities in Post-apartheid South Africa” led by ...