Yesterday, my co-worker shared a video with me from Apollo’s Theater’s beloved Amateur Night. In it, a contestant performed the reggae version of Chaka Khan’s “Sweet Thing.” After she had shared the ...

I have zero confidence I can predict what the world will be like next year, much less in a hundred years. But I can bet that a century from now, Nirvana‘s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” will be remembered ...

MSC Cruises is turning up the holiday vibes with a brand-new reggae-inspired album, bringing a taste of the Caribbean to listeners wherever they are. Now streaming on Spotify, the album reimagines ...

Dylan’s “Jokerman” is out on vinyl disc and due for digital release later this month. Well-known reggae record producer Doctor Dread of Calistoga has created a new 12-inch vinyl disc, released July 17 ...

The sirens and snares that soundtrack Bobby Shmurda's "Hot Nigga" echoed from cars and iPhones across the country this summer, racking up millions of streams online and steadily rising on Billboard ...

Topsy-turvy as music gaming’s fortunes have been lately, classical composers’ success as mainstream crossovers has been even spottier since Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus” topped Billboard’s Hot 100 chart ...

Turn up any backyard speaker and reggae still gets the first nod. On the album Ghetto Reggae, Mr. Vegas keeps that instinct ...

Although Idol played up his punky image for MTV, he moved in time with the dance clubs, where DJs embraced many of his singles for their beat-forward nature. His solo career even launched with a remix ...

While most cornerstone genres, like rock, hip hop and country, were developed predominantly in the US and Britain, reggae originated in 1960s Jamaica. Similar to hip hop, reggae got its name from a ...

You could hear it on mainstream radio in 1978, courtesy of The Police, and if you're in Britain, you can hear it on the airwaves today, in the music of Birmingham-born MC Lady Leshurr: reggae's ...