The Black Uhuru Legacy

Black Uhuru is largely the brainchild of Derrick Simpson who formed the group in 1972 in Kingston, Jamaica. After a sporadically successful spell as a trio during which band members included future solo artistes...

Lovers Rockers C-Sharp Booked For World United Music Festival

The World United Music Festival is bringing together some local favorites and top independent artists from around the U.S. and abroad to bring the best in blues, bluegrass, roots rock, reggae, roots/Americana,...

Reggae’s Oldest Running TV Show Still Rocking Airwaves

South Florida has a new reggae television program based out of Fort Lauderdale to tune in to. Rockers TV Media offers features on reggae music and culture, along with profiles on artists and various other...

Lucky Dube Murder Case Suspended

Pat Dube buried his head in his hands when he saw the three men accused of murdering his famous reggae star brother, Lucky Dube, strolling into the Johannesburg High Court yesterday.“It just kills me to see...

Sean Paul Performs Live At Lehman Center

Reggae fans are expected to storm the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West in the Bronx, in a bid to get tickets for Lehman’s engagement of Jamaican superstar, Grammy...

Diana Rutherford Paving Her Way In France

Diana grew up in the community of August town in Kingston. The "sound system music" nursed her childhood.Because the ghetto (full of cliche that people know about) is first of all a place for music ! Often, her...

U.S Concert Promoter Bill Reid Sues The Wailers

Concert promoter Bill Reid says everything's not gonna be all right unless he gets $2 million owed him by the reggae group The Wailers, according to a federal lawsuit filed Friday in federal court.Reid claims The...

UB40 Heads To Kenya For The First Time

The multi-platinum selling reggae group UB40 will stage its maiden Kenyan concert on November 15 in Nairobi. The show comes after the group released its 24th album, 24-7, and the departure of Robin Campbell, who...

Cameroon Teens Go Wild For Dreadlocks

Dreadlocks, a hairstyle that used to be mostly associated with reggae artists and fans, is fast becoming a hairstyle for many Cameroonian youths.Dreadlocks were common with reggae musicians like Bob Marley and...

Gospel Reggae Acts Spreading The Word Worldwide

Gospel music is presented these days in a variety of ways: traditional, R&B, soul, rock, alternative rock, pop, country and even hip-hop and heavy metal.Despite an abundance in the Caribbean, there's a lack of...

Gambia's Omsla Baru Creative Waves In Music

The Gambia’s International reggae dancehall star, Omsla Baru, still remains a big reggae dancehall star in the United Kingdom, according to reports reaching What’s On.He is working day in day out to hit the...

Taj Weekes And Adowa Band Headline Children's Charity Concert

St. Lucian roots reggae artist Taj Weekes and his band Adowa headline a benefit concert for Weekes’ children’s charity, They Often Cry Outreach (T.O.C.O.), on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 7pm at Richmond,...

U.S.College Students Show Support For Victims Of Dafur

The Pilot House was dressed up in red, green, and yellow last Saturday night in honor of "Reggae for Darfur," a benefit concert hosted by the University of Missouri-St. Louis' chapter of Amnesty...

Cali Reggae Star Moese Angel Dies in Accident

Moese Angel, 29, of Laytonville, died in a Redding hospital from head injuries received Monday, October 13, in a Bell Springs Road ATV accident.Angel was a well-known reggae performer who had headlined in reggae...

Guitarist Taddy P Collabs With Tanya Stephens

Adorned with a cool and even-tempered disposition, this native son of Montego Bay, Jamaica is blessed with a musical gift. His early influences can be traced to the church (group choir singing and conducting), and...