Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...

When UNESCO announced that “the reggae music of Jamaica” had been added to its list of cultural products considered worthy of recognition, it was a reflection on the fact that reggae, which grew from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. February is widely acknowledged as Black History Month, but did you know it is also Reggae Month? Every year since 1926, Black ...

The Jamaicans defended and then some more, keeping three clean sheets in the group stage. They had resisted Eugenie Le Sommer of France and Marta of Brazil, and they had kept teenage sensation Linda ...

Over 130,000 fans of reggae, dancehall, dub, jungle and Caribbean culture hit Milton Keynes for the three-day festival.

Ebony G. Patterson, “Cultural Soliloquy (Cultural Object Revisited)” (2010), auto chassis and body, fabric, glitter, rhinestones, audio recording and other materials, variable dimensions (all images ...

More than a simple greatest-hits collection, this box set commemorating Jamaica’s powerhouse independent label offers a well-rounded portrait of the iconic imprint’s role in reggae history. Save this ...

Pressing Matters in Jamaica, a new short film from the Vinyl Factory and music journalist Vivien Goldman, offers a look at the state of the country's nearly-forgotten vinyl record industry. In doing ...