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KINGSTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer who along with Bob Marley popularized reggae, ska and rocksteady music over a six decade career, has died, his wife Latifa ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Ernest Ranglin’s innovative guitar style help shape the evolution of ska, ...
Derrick Morgan is a legend — a rougher than rough, tougher than tough, onetime rude boy who helped shape the sound of ska in the 1960s. Singing braggadocious tunes and loving duets for more than 60 ...
In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...
Reggae star Jimmy Cliff performed at My Father's Place and was seen at Uniondale Mini Cinema in "The Harder They Come." ...
In 1992 — well after ska music’s 2 Tone era — no one could’ve told The Miggedys lead singer Tricia Lynn Gonzales there was a seedy underbelly to the music that saved her world. She was 17, and the ...
February marks National Reggae Month — a time to celebrate the rich anthology of Jamaican music and honor the birthdays of late icons Dennis Brown and Bob Marley. The festival will include dancers ...
Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who's unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his native Jamaica part of popular culture across the globe, has died at ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Ska pioneer and Jamaican music legend Prince Buster has died at 78, several years after suffering a stroke, his wife Mola Ali said Friday. Born Cecil Bustamante Campbell ...
The grand maestro of Jamaican music: Carlos Malcolm at Steakhouse Studios in Los Angeles. (Credit: Bernadette Madden) Carlos Malcolm may not be a household name, but it should be. Without this now ...