Acclaimed as the greatest British reggae band when it emerged in 1978, Steel Pulse is perhaps the last great old-school reggae band left. Two of its best recordings have been recently released. The ...

Last month, the twenty-two-year-old Jamaican singer and rapper Koffee appeared as a musical guest on the “Tonight Show.” The studio’s stage had been outfitted to look like a casual and haphazard dance ...

The Van Gordon Martin Band will be performing Thursday September 5 at the South Shore Music Hall, opening for the acclaimed Colorado funk-rock jamband known as The Motet. Martin came to Boston in the ...

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The 22-year-old Jamaican singer-songwriter has already caught the attention of Rihanna, Gunna, and Usain Bolt—but she’s just getting started.

Kairo McLean grew up on a steady dose of old school reggae and Jamaican DJs whose skills and sense of rhythm he absorbed by osmosis. He picked up his first instrument, the drums, at the age of three ...

LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CITY LEADERS HOPE COMES OUT OF IT. >> PIZZAS ARE PREPARED INSIDE SLICE OF OLD SACRAMENTO. THE HAND-CRAFTED PIES INCLUDE ALL THE CLASSICS, BUT CO-OWNER IAN DIXON SAYS THERE’S ...

In what world do reggae and Angela Lansbury collide? On CBC Radio, DJ Tom Power interviewed the 93-year-old actress, best known for the CBS series “Murder She Wrote.” Lansbury played the crime-solving ...

A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...