Here’s one more reason to love Black History Month: It coincides with Reggae Month, a global celebration of the music and culture deemed an “an intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO. In 2008, ...

Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This When it comes to Jamaican music, Patricia Chin has heard it ...

Lloyd Barnes has run the Wackie’s recording studio and label since the late 1970s. As he prepares for his next chapter, he wants to ensure its spirit lives on. By Brandon Wilner Lloyd Barnes carried a ...

Jamaican reggae musician, singer and producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry performs at Poppodium De Flux, Zaandam, Netherlands, 8th April 2018. (Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns) Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, the reggae ...

A treasure trove of rescued tapes revives the golden age of reggae and reveals the fascinating history behind one of Jamaica’s most legendary recording studios DOC: Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes ...

In honour of Mother's Day, Observer Online is saluting several women who played important roles in the reggae movement.

The story is, in some ways, simple. In the late 1950s Chinese-Jamaicans Vincent “Randy” Chin and his new wife Patricia started selling records for jukeboxes across the islands. They started a sideline ...