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 ...

In 1966, The Maytals won the first Jamaican Independence Festival Popular Song Competition — right before Toots was put in jail for possession of marijuana.

The soaring, gospel-informed song earned him and his band worldwide success after it was included on the soundtrack to the 1972 Jamaican crime film “The Harder They Come.” ...

Proof of Jamaica's love for country is all over reggae history. A new album collects more evidence.

In celebration of International Reggae Day, we compile 10 essential reggae covers of country songs.

This has been going on throughout the history of Jamaican music, artists adapting older ideas to their own era, which is one of the reasons why cover songs fit so well into the reggae idiom.

Special events centered on reggae can provide a lot of added value to a Jamaica vacation. The biggest is Reggae Sumfest, a five-day music festival and beach party held each July. Two special ...