Head to the Alps and you’ll be surprised to hear Sizzla and Vybz Kartel punctuating the yodels. This is largely thanks to a local sound system crew, Soldia Sound, who’ve been bringing the champion ...

Intro from KCRW DJ Tom Schnabel: Gregory Isaacs was one of reggae’s great love rockers. His song “Night Nurse” was a worldwide hit. When I was music director, KCRW had a weekly 4-hour reggae show that ...

Jamaica’s beauty invades the veins and fills the soul. Jamaican culture is one of joy and serenity, from its luscious tropical landscape to the vivacious vibes reverberating from its people. The ...

It shouldn’t work… but it does! We deconstruct a classic groove When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Although identifying the original ...

Chris “DeRoc” DeBose, leader and lead singer of local reggae/world beat/funk band the Revealers, served 10 years in the Marine Corps. His tours of duty included a violent hitch in Beirut and a stint ...

For years, the reggae soundtrack has been synonymous to untidy people sitting on slim benches, outside a liquor shop, chewing khat, smoking bhang and occasionally nodding. However, this music genre ...

I started as Music Director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic in July, 1979. The first show I put on was the Reggae Beat, which soon became the most popular weekend show at the station. Roger ...

It was 1973 in Berkeley when Roger Steffens, thumbing through Rolling Stone magazine, became aware of a percolating, distant island music movement called reggae. He sought the sound out in record bins ...

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