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For decades, Jamaica has been synonymous with rhythm — reggae, ska, rocksteady and dancehall have carried the island’s musical identity far beyond its shores. Yet beneath the familiar basslines and ...
News Jamaica » Music: Kabaka Pyramid releases ‘Rebel Music—The Lyrics Tape’
KINGSTON—Grammy Award-winning reggae artist Kabaka Pyramid has released Rebel Music—The Lyrics Tape. The forthcoming ten-track project, released on August 28, commemorates the 15th anniversary of his ...
News Jamaica » Music: Nine Jamaican Music Producers You Should Know About
Jamaica is one of the epicenters of music and culture. With more artists emerging on the scene, it’s important to note the names of the Jamaican music producers who have pushed artists into newer, and ...
News Jamaica » Music: Reggae making a revival in Jamaica, recalling golden era of '70s
KINGSTON (Reuters) - The main event at fight night in Kingston, a popular boxing showcase, was hours away, but the crowd at the National Stadium's indoor arena, from the young and hip to the elderly, ...
News Jamaica » Music: Jamaica Just Banned Music About Drugs and Crime on the Radio
Musicians in Jamaica are outraged after the country’s broadcasting regulator announced a new ban on content that glorifies drugs and crime. The Jamaican Broadcasting Commission said in a statement ...
News Jamaica » Music: Jamaica bans music and television content that promotes violence
Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator has banned music and television broadcasting deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming, and weapons. The directive says that ...
News Jamaica » Music: 60 years of Tastee: A celebration of food, music and Jamaican legacy
Over its decades-long run, the Tastee Talent Contest — later known as the Tastee Talent Trail — became an important proving ground for emerging Jamaican performers, including Beenie Man, Papa San, ...
News Jamaica » Music: Byron Lee, Jamaica music legend, dies
Legendary Jamaican bandleader and music icon Byron Lee, 73, died of cancer on Nov. 4 in Jamaica. Lee was 20 years old when he formed his band, the Dragonaires, in 1957. He is credited as being a ...
News Jamaica » Music: Grad student brings first statewide Jamaican Choral Music Symposium to Boulder
Mention Jamaican music to most Americans and the pop sounds of reggae usually come to mind. But there’s much more—the wonderfully rich harmonies of choral music, hundreds of rarely heard sacred songs ...
News Jamaica » Music: Jimmy Cliff, reggae music and Jamaican cultural icon, dies at 81
Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who's unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his native Jamaica part of popular culture across the globe, has died at ...
News Jamaica » Music: How Jamaica’s 1950s DJs Gave Rise to Their Counterparts on the Disco and Hip-Hop Scenes
In Jamaica during the 1950s, people began to gather in parks and on beaches, partying to music that was spun by entrepreneurial disc jockeys and piped through outdoor loudspeakers. This quirk of ...