Live albums are more important than ever in this concert-less year, and if you haven’t heard it already, we’d like to turn your attention to Live At Electric Brixton, the recently released live album ...

LEGAL ACTION: Reggae legend Horace Andy says he has not been paid royalties in over 40 years. (Photo by David Corio/Redferns) A RENOWNED reggae singer is planning legal action against a UK record ...

LEGACY IS something that is handed down from one generation to the next, and Reggae Fraternity UK (RFUK) are honouring our British Reggae legacy, with a night of good music and celebration. On Sunday ...

Renowned reggae crooner Junior English died aged 71 last week, prompting an outpouring of grief from fans, friends and family members far and wide – particularly among Britain’s Black Caribbean ...

Reggae was born in Jamaica, but it found a second home in the UK – the result of waves of post-war Caribbean migration, and the curatorial ambitions of labels like Chris Blackwell’s Island Records, ...

It would be hard for a pop fan of almost any listening preference in this country not to have been touched, in some way, by Jamaica’s irresistible rhythms. Everyone from second-generation West Indian ...

Lovers Rock, a part of the Small Axe anthology, which comprises of five original films by Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen, aired via BBC One on Sunday. An ode to ...

Angus “Drummie Zeb” Gaye, who sang and played drums on “Don’t Turn Around,” “Shine” and other hits for the UK reggae band Aswad, died September 2. He was 62. The band announced his death on its ...

Reggae has been added to a list of international cultural treasures which the United Nations has deemed worthy of protecting and promoting. The music, which grew out of Jamaica in the 1960s thanks to ...

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 ...