Reggae is a broad term encompassing a related variety of musical styles that emerged from the island nation of Jamaica after 1960. These styles include ska, rock steady, reggae, and dancehall, all of which swept Jamaican music in distinct stylistic...

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the...

New CDs Reggae, rock, soul offerings on tap By JONATHAN TAKIFF Philadelphia Daily News Tuesday, August 8, 2000 Here's a look at new CDs scheduled for release this week. -- Southern soul great Irma Thomas devotes a full...

I'm trying to learn reggae drumming. Can you recommend some key tracks with quality drumming...sort of a Top 10 of reggae drummers? Any help would be appreciated. Managing editor Adam Budofsky is MD's resident reggae fanatic. He replies, "Suggesting specific reggae tracks to...

Reggae, first produced on the island of Jamaica, is an African-Caribbean styled music inherently linked to Rastafarianism. Not universally accepted among the island's inhabitants due to its loose rhythms and slack lyrics, the genre was stapled as the music of the ghetto and shunned by...

Lucky Dube, a reggae star who launched his career with criticism of the former apartheid government, was shot to death in an apparent carjacking attempt as he was dropping off his children, police and his Web site said Friday.The 43-year-old singer was shot Thursday night...