When I first heard Jamaican gospel music in the living room of longtime gospel radio show host and label guy Kevin Nutt about seven years ago, I was pretty sure I hated it. But I had to immediately ...

Say the word reggae — and perhaps the names that most instantly comes to mind are Bob Marley, the Wailers, Jimmy Cliff and Third World musicians who popularized the Jamaican music in the United States ...

VINELAND - The upbeat rhythm of reggae music immersed visitors into an island atmosphere at the Jamaican festival, but in the eyes of the organizers the event was about much more than celebrating ...

Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica as a Category 5 storm and severely damaged the country's famous reggae community.

An inaugural gospel sing-off will headline this year’s Emancipation Vigil ceremony in Montego Bay, St James, as part of Jamaica’s Emancipation Day observance on August 1. The announcement was made by ...

Toots is the James Brown of reggae, and one of the greatest Jamaican singers of all time. You won't find another singer that sounds like Toots and you are not going to hear that sound again." ...

Frederick "Toots" Hibbert, the lead singer and songwriter of Toots and the Maytals and one of reggae's foundational figures, died Friday in Kingston, Jamaica. He was 77. His death was announced on the ...