Though reggae was en vogue in Europe and New York in 1979, Clint O’Neil had to convince radio officials at WLRN, FM 91.3, of the music’s popularity so they would put his Sounds of the Caribbean ...

You could hear it on mainstream radio in 1978, courtesy of The Police, and if you're in Britain, you can hear it on the airwaves today, in the music of Birmingham-born MC Lady Leshurr: reggae's ...

PEMBROKE PINES, Florida — Reggae Global Radio (RGR), an internet station, is scheduled to make its debut today. General Manager Marlon Burrell, says it will have an international cast with broad ...

The California Roots and Arts Festival has teamed up with Ineffable Music Group and SiriusXM Radio to create a new program on the satellite radio giant's reggae channel, The Joint. By Patricia ...

Broadcast legend Gil Bailey, who brought Caribbean music to the tri-state area and whose career spanned 50 years at four different local radio stations, died of COVID-19 earlier this week at the age ...

Veteran reggae broadcaster David Rodigan is to join BBC Radio 1Xtra, just weeks after he quit an award-winning show on a commercial station after 20 years. The 61-year-old, who is the UK's foremost ...

While MTV has provided its version of life in Laguna Beach (sex, scandal and high school), the hit show failed to tap into the real culture of Laguna: reggae. Home to several reggae artists since the ...

VP Records is the largest distributor of reggae music, and Warner Music Nashville is a preeminent country label. What could the two have in common? This month, a joint album — Reggae's Gone Country.

Jamaica’s first reggae radio station, IRIE FM, debuted on the island’s airwaves in August 1990. In Jamaican Rastafarian parlance, “irie” means good, cool, nice, and the station utilized a simple ...

Reggae is a unique fusion of local folk music with outside influences. The local folk music was a Jamaican form called mento, but in the 40s and 50s Jamaicans were also listening to music from the US ...

I’m looking forward to sharing some of the music that has helped shaped me and that I listened to growing up - some of the songs and artists that have represented my home, Jamaica, across the globe - ...