If contemporary reggae with a forthright social conscience has a chance of impacting mainstream radio, SOJA is likely the band to accomplish that feat. By Patricia Meschino “I wanted to be Bob Marley ...

Some bands have that special "it" factor right out of the gate. American reggae-punk outfit Bad Brains fits that criterion.

Jamaican reggae group Raging Fyah eyes America as it signs a multi-album deal with VP Records. By Patricia Meschino Six years ago the Jamaican reggae group Raging Fyah were asked to appear as the ...

The night before April 20 is a celebration all on its own. The American reggae band John Brown’s Body will take the stage for Brooklyn Bowl’s “Countdown to 4/20” show on the eve of the infamous stoner ...

John Brown’s Body’s sound is not something the band ever really talked about or tried to put into words. The American reggae group has a modern style all its own, which is something drummer and ...

Big Mountain went on a long hiatus, nearly 10 years. And it paid off. The reggae-rock band has returned, revitalized. Founding member Joaquin “Quino” McWhinney spent a decade teaching. He learned that ...

On Saturday afternoon, while 26 of Los Angeles' nouveau food trucks converged at the T Lofts in West L.A. for a Haiti benefit, husband-and-wife duo Regine and Chris Patterson were putting the final ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American reggae band SOJA took home the Grammy for best reggae album at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, and the internet ...

Alborosie has managed to shoot the precarious gap between the traditional Jamaican reggae of Burning Spear and Black Uhuru and the modern, Americanized version of artists like Stick Figure and SOJA, ...

Jamaican reggae music has an unlikely yet passionate ambassador—a white American businessman of a certain age who is investing big energy and even bigger money to spread the gospel of reggae and lure ...

Reggae music pioneer Bob Marley died at the too-young age of 36 in 1981 from melanoma. But his music lives forever in the hearts of music fans, if sales are an indication. His 1984 "Legend" best-of ...