Sunaina Keonaona Kale grew up in California, loving Hawaiian music. Years before she earned her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, Kale convinced her mom to buy her the complete ...

This year’s Grammys have a chance to make history, albeit in a way that might get missed by most TV viewers watching music’s biggest night at home. For the first time in its 39-year existence, the ...

The five finalists for best reggae album were revealed on Friday (Nov. 7). By Kyle Denis As Jamaica picks up the pieces in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa’s historic devastation, the global reach ...

Linda Aïnouche is a freelance research anthropologist with an expertise in cultural heritage and intercultural relationships. Over a number of years, she has worked with organizations, universities, ...

NYC's biggest dancehall celebration is returning to Barclays Center this summer. Get all the details. By Kyle Denis New York City’s biggest dancehall celebration is back! On Monday (June 15), ...

It was punk's "summer of hate", 1977, and the required pose was a sneer, a leather jacket and something hacked about – a spiky haircut, a ripped T-shirt, a sawn-off school tie. And, of course, no ...

A new reissue marks the 40th anniversary of “Under Me Sleng Teng,” considered one of dancehall’s first digital songs and, with over 500 versions, among the most recycled. By Patricia Meschino In 1984, ...

Teenage Engineering just revealed the EP-40 Riddim sampler. This reggae-inspired groovebox is another redesign of the pre-existing EP-133 KO II sampler. It has the same square body and button-based ...

Musician, songwriter, and producer Michael Goldwasser has been involved with the international reggae scene for decades, working with artists as diverse as Toots and the Maytals. Jason Mraz, and ...

Prominent exponent of roots reggae whose albums focused on Rastafarianism and Jamaican politics Max Romeo, who has died aged 80, reached his peak as a roots reggae singer in the mid-1970s with two ...

Looking at the Casio Casiotone MT40, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was an unremarkable keyboard. You may even have owned one just like it. Launched in 1981, the cream machine came with 37 keys, 22 ...