Reggae News

Music editor Raina Wagner, filling in on dispatch duty today: Seattle reggae band Kore Ionz will be on the bill Thursday at Neumo's with Jamaican reggae star Eek a Mouse.

G.A.P. Adventures is offering discounts on select departures in October and November.

Joe Higgs was a hugely influential figure in the development of reggae both in Jamaica and in the UK.

Names of 80 streets in Nigeria's administrative capital are to be rebranded in coming days, some of them stripping off names of former military governors, the minister said.

In the same year when Jamaica was granted independence, a young Robert Marley was recording his first vinyl single.

Internationally renowned musician and Social Activist, Micheal Franti, is in Jamaica on a three day stop over.

Dancehall Reggae star Mr. Vegas, who announced his retirement from Reggae, was feted by friends and close associates at the Kingston branch of the popular TGIF food chain.

International Dancehall Star Shaggy, has given his name and his talent to the Jana Bennett led brainchild that has led to one of the Reggae Industry's most innovative and creative products of 2008.

Self-proclaimed King of the Dancehall, Beenie Man, has been cleared by the Jamaican court in all charges related to his multi-million dollar tax evasion case.

Jamaican authorities have said the singer and rapper owed nearly US$1 million in overdue taxes.

Rap veteran Heavy D came out of the New York scene in the mid-'80s, finding fame for such hits as 'Now That we Found Love' and 'Got me Waiting,' as well as rapping on Michael Jackson's 'Jam' and doing the theme ...

Riddim Driven returns for its second year at the Brooklyn Fashion Weekend runway to showcase its latest collection.

At 66, Taj Mahal says he still has left quite a few musical stones unturned. "There's so much music out there, you could have a series of a thousand lifetimes and still not do it all," says the Harlem-born, ...

At 66, Taj Mahal says he still has left quite a few musical stones unturned. "There's so much music out there, you could have a series of a thousand lifetimes and still not do it all," says the Harlem-born, ...

A highly publicized concert for which many showgoers had paid hundreds and even thousands of dollars for entry ended with a hail of drinks being thrown onstage after the main act - multi-million selling rap ...

The Queen's Park Savannah in Trinidad became ground Zero for one the most memorable Reggae shows in Trinidad for 2008.

STRONG POINT: Jamaican reggae artiste Queen Ifrica during her performance on Saturday night.

Well the video isnt going to win any production nods but Jacob Miller is a reggae great who passed way too early.

HEAVY D, the Jamaica-born rapper who was a big player in the New Jack music scene of the 1990s, pays homage to the music from the land of his birth on his new album titled Vibes.

Tego Calderon became the face of reggaeton to many fans in 2003, thanks to his breakthrough album 'El Abayarde,' which raised a flag for an emerging genre.