Jamaica was colonised by Spain ... become lawless with ‘Rude Boys’ gangsters terrorising locals. Music mirrored this and Rocksteady, a slower paced sound, grew in popularity.

Jamaican music producer Clement "Sir Coxsone'' Dodd, an early pioneer of ska, rocksteady and reggae, died on Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 72. In 1963 Dodd opened Studio One, Jamaica's ...

The history of Jamaican pop music will be told in a novel way during ... The Original Maytals Band representing rocksteady; reggae singers Ernie Smith, Wayne Armond, and Ambelique; dancehall ...

David Muir, a director and co-founder of Island SPACE Caribbean Museum, described Reggae Genealogy as a “very successful event”. He said, with South Florida being home to one of the largest Jamaican ...

(2/6/45), reggae legend and all-around world music ambassador Bob Marley was born. The pioneer of rock, reggae,, ska and ...

Founded in 2016 by Lucky Cat Zoë, Sisters of Reggae are five record collectors and selectors playing Rocksteady to Revival, Jamaican Oldies, Ska, Roots, Rockers, Dub and Early Digital Reggae.

My music is somewhere between ska, rocksteady and lovers rock and I even ... was asked to record her first single Love My Life for Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation DJ Jerry Lewis.