Once a cornerstone of Jamaican music, the instrumental has long given way to hardcore dancehall rhythms with multiple artistes. Drummer Sly Dunbar believes there is a place in contemporary reggae for ...

Commercial success is the last thing on the mind of super producer and musician Steven “Lenky” Marsden as it relates to his latest project, an instrumental album entitled Self Taught, which showcases ...

It took more than a decade to craft a song that would channel reggae guitarist and composer Ernest Ranglin, whose career has spanned collaborations with Bob Marley, Monty Alexander, the Skatalites, ...

The instrumental track "Fish Market" by Jamaican duo Steeely & Clevie is at the center of a copyright infringement lawsuit against dozens of Reggaeton artists. (YouTube via Courthouse News) LOS ...

In Jamaica, most musicians have a record label or a record shop -- or both. And most Jamaican labels have phone numbers printed on them. So, if you know the industrious Eric Blowtorch, you'll be ...

Prince Buster once told me that you couldn't run a sound system in Jamaica during the Fifties without this tune. Backed by Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm this crucial r&b classic, from 1952, was said to ...