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 ...

Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who's unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his native Jamaica part of popular culture across the globe, has died at ...

Jimmy Cliff in The Harder They Come: he was given the lead role after entrancing the film’s director Perry Henzell with his mixture of arrogance, optimism and defiance - Everett Collection Inc/Alamy ...

February marks National Reggae Month — a time to celebrate the rich anthology of Jamaican music and honor the birthdays of late icons Dennis Brown and Bob Marley. The festival will include dancers ...

Travelers to Jamaica will find an array of music and cultural events taking place across the island this summer, highlighted by the 31st year of the Reggae Sumfest concert series. The island’s music, ...

Last year, about 4,000 people came to the Jamaica Emancipendence Ole Time Fair in Miramar to celebrate and enjoy the food and musical performances. This year, the fair returns on Saturday, Aug. 3, ...

Forty-three years after his death, the seats were packed for the Jamaican Association of Bermuda’s showing of Bob Marley: One Love. The audience transformed Specialty Cinema into a sea of reggae’s ...

Music is one of the best windows into a culture—and nowhere is that more evident than Jamaica. The Caribbean country is known for its sound above all else, having gifted the globe with six genres of ...

Sunaina Keonaona Kale grew up in California, loving Hawaiian music. Years before she earned her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, Kale convinced her mom to buy her the complete ...

The 2025 Jamrock Reggae Cruise was supposed to be another fantastic experience. For five days, passengers were going to be immersed in Jamaican music, culture, and philosophy, as they had been on the ...

Jimmy Cliff, the reggae music icon and actor known for his lead role in the 1972 Jamaican crime/drama film The Harder They Come, has died from a seizure and pneumonia, according to his family. He was ...