Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drummer Sly Dunbar, who, along with his partner, bassist Robbie Shakespeare, formed a rhythm section and production team that ...

British reggae legend Maxi Priest is heading back to Maui to perform at Da Playground on Aug. 24. Nominated three times for a Grammy award for Best Reggae Album, he is one of only two British reggae ...

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 ...

The inaugural Green Mountain Reggae Festival debuts September 6 through 8 at the Bradford Fairgrounds. With a stacked lineup of top reggae talent from Vermont and abroad, the fest features Easy Star ...

FILE - Reggae singer Peter Anthony Morgan of Morgan Heritage performs on the at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival Saturday, May 4, 2002, in New Orleans. Peter Morgan, lead singer of the ...

Dunbar was one half of the rhythm section duo Sly & Robbie along with late partner bassist Robbie Shakespeare. By Gil Kaufman Legendary Jamaican musician Lowell “Sly” Dunbar has died at age 73.

When he got to the podium at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, California, to accept the Grammy award for Best Reggae Album (Blxxd and Fyah), during the pre-telecast event of the 68th Grammys on ...

Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and ...

The Vermont Reggae Festival is returning August 23rd, 2025, after a long hiatus. The festival will be held at Switchback Brewing in Burlington, Vermont, featuring Barrington Levy, John Brown’s Body, ...

Jimmy Cliff, the reggae legend and star of The Harder They Come, the 1972 movie and soundtrack that brought Jamaican music to the world, has died. The Jamaican musician and actor passed away following ...