Entertainment News Aug 31, 2021
Lee “Scratch” Perry, the wildly influential Jamaican singer and producer who pushed the boundaries of reggae and shepherded dub, died Sunday. He was 85 years old.
Entertainment News Nov 30, 2018
Get Up, Stand Up! UNESCO declares reggae a global cultural treasure
UNESCO has declared reggae, the Jamaican music that spread across the world with its calls for social justice, peace and love, to be a global treasure that must be safe-guarded. Born in the poor neighborhoods of Kingston in the 1960s, reggae reflected hard times and ...
Music Aug 26, 2016
Brown Rice Family brings reggae, ska-infused sounds to Windblow festival
by Andrew Field
Brown rice is a culinary staple that does a body good. It was a belief in this "vital food," especially among Rastafarians, that gave the eight-piece Brown Rice Family its name. In fact, when asked how his group tries to psyche up a crowd, ...
Our Lives | BLACK EYE Nov 19, 2014
Jamaican sisters come bearing victuals and vibes
by Baye McNeil
Baye McNeil profiles two Jamaican women who have built thriving careers for themselves in the Land of the Rising Sun, half a planet away from the Land of Wood and Water.
Music Aug 26, 2014
Reggae revival in Jamaica recalls golden era of 1970s
by Aileen Torres-Bennett
The main event at fight night in Kingston, a popular boxing showcase, was hours away, but the crowd at the National Stadium's indoor arena, from the young and hip to the elderly, was already pumped. When reggae artist Tarrus Riley entered the stage, the screams ...
Film Jul 2, 2014
Babylon still trembles at Jamaica's cult classic
by Giovanni Fazio
Flashback: It's midnight at the Orson Welles Cinema, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980. Perry Henzell's breakthrough Jamaican film "The Harder They Come" has been playing here every weekend for nearly a decade now, but tonight it's still a full house. As the lights go down, the ...
Events / Events In Tokyo Jun 19, 2014
Jamaica's one love starts in Tokyo and reaches out across Japan
by Sang Woo Kim
This festival celebrating 50 years of friendship between Japan and Jamaica culminates with a Bob Marley Songs Day competition on Sunday, where the winner will receive the grand prize of a trip to Jamaica. For most visitors, however, Bob Marley's music is just one ...
Music Oct 27, 2006
Dub pioneer Lee Perry talks God, ganja and Japanese gadgets
by Daniel Robson
Musical resumes don't get much more impressive than Lee "Scratch" Perry's, the Jamaican maverick credited with inventing both dub and reggae. Now 70, Perry was a talent scout for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's famed Studio One in the late 1950s and early '60s; he pioneered sampling ...
Music Oct 27, 2006
by Jeff Hammond
At most live gigs, all eyes are on the band while the mixing desk is tucked out of sight with some guy in a T-shirt standing behind it simply making sure each instrument comes out at the right level. But indicating how far our perception ...
