THE French were among the first Europeans to embrace Jamaican music in the early 1970s. In fact, France remains one of roots reggae’s most fruitful outposts. The Dub Akom Band is one of the top reggae ...

If there is ever a Reggae Hall of Fame, Hiroko Okuda at Casio Computer Co. would be a fitting nominee for a monumental contribution she unknowingly made to the popular Jamaican musical genre. Casio ...

CAMARADERIE and creating music with a message has kept perennial reggae band Third World vibrant for more than three decades. The 32-year-old band – featuring founding member Cat Coore and longtime ...

A large photograph of late reggae king Bob Marley, dreadlocks flying, looks down on the Wild Hare`s spacious dance floor. Reggae may have originated in the squalid slums of Jamaica as a musical ...

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 ...

Considered a veteran of the local dub and reggae scene, DJ Robert Rankin’ has been educating crowds about tunes, riddims, and basslines for over 30 years, whether it’s on the airwaves of various radio ...

There is one genre of music that fills your heart with sunshine. It can be political yet joyous and there is something about the beat, the lyrics and the message that touches your soul. It might even ...

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 ...

Local hip-hop heroes The Saturday Knights sold out Nectar last Friday night. The Fremont venue was packed downstairs, upstairs, and outside, and even though the club’s street-facing garage door wall ...

While Atlanta was still in its funk era in the 1970s, reggae and dancehall music began to gain popularity in New York, where they would be infused with round-the-way rap to form hip-hop. For example, ...