Reggae music pioneer Alton Ellis, who enjoyed a career revival in recent years after a string of hits in the 1960s, died Friday in London. He was 70. By The Associated Press Reggae music pioneer Alton ...
If you were a fan of Jamaican giants Toots Hibbert and Bob Marley, the idea of British pop stars recording reggae songs might have terrified you. Did the world need that ’74 Eric Clapton cover of “I ...
The 1970s were a wild time for American music. Disco happened, punk happened, reggae showed up in the U.S. again and stayed a long time, inspiring a burgeoning ska scene, and glam and metal bands made ...
Lee "Scratch" Perry is one of the fathers of reggae and dub music. At 70 years old, Perry has a new album out called Panic in Babylon. Christopher Johnson reports on Perry, who is as famous for his ...
Ali Campbell burst onto the pop scene as front man with UB40 in the late 70s bringing reggae to mainstream music. Almost half a century later the Birmingham born singer songwriter is still filling ...