Released in April 1973, Catch A Fire catapulted Bob Marley and the Wailers to global stardom. The sub-hooks of bassist Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett, together with his drumming brother Carly, played a ...

I honestly couldn’t tell you how many reggae and dancehall mixtapes I listened to during my childhood years. The burned CDs—with their sometimes glitchy skips, boisterous sound effects between ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. VP Records, the world's largest reggae music company, announces a year-long ...

No one does music fandom quite like the British. They immerse themselves in their favorite music, whatever its place of origin. They create new subcultures around it, designating new subgenres the ...

Growing up in Southern England, Bob Bell fell in love with Jamaican music as soon as he bought his first recording, in 1963. As far as he was concerned, the explosion of musical creativity in that ...

Music — one Jamaica’s internationally recognized exports — and the contribution of island’s women to the art form come to focus on VP Records’ Women of Reggae 2022 Calendar. Packed with much more ...

Looking back at the incredible impact of reggae and ska producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, and the 1968 anthem of defiance that changed reggae music forevermore.

When you factor in a history that includes at least 60 years of music, the participating in the birth of reggae music, and the building of the world’s largest independent Caribbean music label, “My ...

Simply put, reggae as a global phenomenon begins with The Harder They Come. Before most people outside Jamaica could tell you who Bob Marley was, Cliff put the world on notice that something explosive ...

Joe Gibbs, 65, an influential reggae music producer who helped create the 1970s hit “Two Sevens Clash” for Culture, died Feb. 20 of a heart attack in Jamaica, according to news reports. Born Joel ...

"The Trojan Story" rocked the music world in 1971, introducing listeners to artists like Jimmy Cliff, the Maytals, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. Long... Trojan Records, Legendary Reggae Label, Resurrects A ...