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 ...

Reggae music pioneer Bob Marley died at the too-young age of 36 in 1981 from melanoma. But his music lives forever in the hearts of music fans, if sales are an indication. His 1984 "Legend" best-of ...

WOODBURY -- More than two decades have passed since the deaths of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh -- arguably the two most important figures in the rise of reggae music. However, demand for their music has ...

There's no better way to burn off the extra calories from your Thanksgiving binge eating than getting your heart rate going while dancing to some old-school reggae. Well, actually there's probably a ...

Jamaican music is suddenly the ubiquitous chaser to this summer's nasty shot of a heatwave. Rising star Cham's "Ghetto Story" single was a monster hit in Jamaica; an album of the same name was ...

From Bob Marley tributes to dancehall’s finest, the Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise brings Jamaica’s signature sounds to the water. A favorite essay collection of mine gets its title from a chapter ...

Brinsley Forde as Blue in Franco Rosso’s Babylon (courtesy of Kino Lorber Repertory/Seventy-Seven) Jah! Rastafari! This chant, repeated like a mantra, is a cry of faith and defiance. In the film ...

Walk through any mall, and you’ll see stores filled with racks of clothes in the red, green and gold of Jamaica. Stroll through any college campus, and you may hear the sounds of Bob Marley’s “Legend” ...

Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre, series, or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated ...

For a couple of years now, the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center in Redmond has hosted large-scale festivals focused on country music and electronic music. Now it’s reggae’s turn. The inaugural ...

A favorite essay collection of mine gets its title from a chapter referring to luxury cruises as “a supposedly fun thing I’ll never do again.” But the eighth annual Welcome to Jamrock Reggae Cruise ...