From Peter Tosh covering The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun" back in 1971 to present-day Protoje confessing his secret affinity for Lana Del Rey, reggae and pop music have always been low-key bedfellows ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nothing else has been heard from Perry’s upcoming fourth ...
Koffee has only had about a dozen of her songs widely available to stream until now, but the 22-year-old Jamaican artist is already proving she can reinvigorate reggae and dancehall for a pop audience ...
Koffee is marveling at the world’s tallest freestanding dinosaur skeleton, a long-necked Barosaurus that makes the five-foot-tall Jamaican musician look like a tiny figurine in comparison. As she ...
orgasmic bass drops and an undeniable blissful vibe. Jamaica’s pride and joy is arguably the most universal music in the world. Its followers are cross-continental; from Europe to South America to ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Native Staten Islander Matt U Johnson, the reggae and pop international recording artist, has released his newest single, ‘Pon Fire,’ with the iconic rapper Snoop Dogg and ...
Reggae-pop artist K’reema and her management team announced the release of her new Single “Drop iI.” The single is an uplifting dance song that fuses reggae with an EDM uptempo vibe. Produced by ...
Like any other veteran of Jamaica’s dance halls, singer Shaggy knows the challenging legacy of Bob Marley. The late reggae icon shone so brightly that his music still dominates and defines the genre ...
While reggae continues to shape many different areas of Canadian music, the country's multicultural landscape is bringing global influences to reggae's next generation. Here are some of our country's ...
It’s Sept. 25, 1985 at the Palace Theatre in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, and the buoyant staccato guitar rhythm, breezy sax and distinctly ’80s synth-pop has the crowd footloose. UB40, which has ...
LONDON, United Kingdom — Former vocalist and founding member of British reggae group UB40, who rose to fame in the 1980s with hits like "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling In Love" has died at the ...
Johnny Nash, the angel-voiced reggae-pop singer-songwriter who had U.S. hits with “I Can See Clearly Now,” “Stir It Up” and “Hold Me Tight,” died Tuesday at his home in Houston. He was 80. No cause of ...