Mystic Bowie runs up on stage, beaming, his dreadlocks flying in the air. The 50-year-old Jamaican dances, lost in the joy of the roots reggae music his backing band plays to introduce him to the ...

Just as punk rock was peaking in the UK in 1977, a young technician called Michael Campbell took on a graveyard shift as a DJ at the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC). He adopted the radio name ...

With a rock-steady beat, Mikey Dread has been paving the way for reggae music in mainstream culture since the mid-1970s. For those whose sound systems are unaccustomed to this music genre outside of ...

Argentina's Dread Mar I talks to Billboard Argentina about experimenting beyond reggae with his newest release, "Caminarás Caminos," and his friendship with J Balvin. By Billboard Argentina Mariano ...

Goodbye, reggae festival! Hello, Reggae Hall of Fame! After 36 years of championing reggae and music from across Africa in San Diego, Makeda Dread is retiring, at least in a manner. Next month’s 35th ...

Multi-talented reggae artist King Dread, also known as Dr Dread, says if given an opportunity to be part of Burning Spear's tour of southern Africa presents itself he will welcome it with both hands.

In 1987, Washington City Paper ran a cover story by Jon Cohen. The headline: “Rastaman Corporation: In Babylon on the Potomac, Gary Himelfarb built a million-dollar reggae record company.” As it ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — When major record labels shunned reggae music, small, independent companies were always around to pick up the slack. Among the best known of these ‘indies’ was RAS Records. It had ...