Walk into the nondescript office of Soulside Productions in West L.A. and you’ll find a framed platinum copy of Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black album not far from a plaque for GZA’s Liquid Swords. The ...

The Expanders take pains to duplicate the sounds of classic Jamaican music using old tube guitar amps, vintage organs, and Leslie speakers, but there’s some irony in doing so, according to rhythm ...

One reggae fan clad in Army fatigues squatted near the speakers, crouching and straightening as if on a trampoline. Musicians, promoters and radio hosts clustered around tables. By the end of the ...

Critic Will Hermes says the singer's new record is an instant classic that sounds fresh even as it mines the golden era of Jamaican R&B. Jimmy Cliff's 'Rebirth' Gives New Life To Vintage Reggae Pop ...

Scott Damnit: “After weeks of promotion, we arrived to find a horrible band already performing. The bar had double-booked the night, and we were pissed. We were told to go to the bar across the street ...

Hands are the primary tools of most DJs. So when Scott Damnit‘s stopped working, things looked grim. “After my surgeries, my hands were about as useful as chicken cutlets,” says Damnit, the founder of ...

Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. For more than a decade, U.S. reggae ...

Last month, the twenty-two-year-old Jamaican singer and rapper Koffee appeared as a musical guest on the “Tonight Show.” The studio’s stage had been outfitted to look like a casual and haphazard dance ...

One of the greatest rhythm sections to ever rub-a-dub on planet Earth, Sly and Robbie’s client roster has included Dylan, Madonna, Serge Gainsbourg, and No Doubt. But the team’s best jams are the most ...

From the beginning, Jeremy Freeman's reggae collection has been bursting at the seams. What began as a musical love quickly turned into a lifelong obsession that filled his home with crates of vinyl, ...

One of the most important figures in reggae, rocksteady, and all its related sub-genres, John Holt was just 69 when he passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, the Jamaican Observor reports.