Intro from KCRW DJ Tom Schnabel: Gregory Isaacs was one of reggae’s great love rockers. His song “Night Nurse” was a worldwide hit. When I was music director, KCRW had a weekly 4-hour reggae show that ...

I started as Music Director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic in July, 1979. The first show I put on was the Reggae Beat, which soon became the most popular weekend show at the station. Roger ...

As the sun beat down, Luana Halili, 33, of North Bellmore, rocked steadily to the calypso beat of the reggae tune drifting through the hilly, open lawns of the Vanderbilt Museum. “It’s a beautiful day ...

Lenky Roy is a Jamaican reggae singer whose record company is promoting his new CD, Siberia with an actual trip to Siberia. He's traveling there now and plans to take part in a grueling, midwinter ...

Chris “DeRoc” DeBose, leader and lead singer of local reggae/world beat/funk band the Revealers, served 10 years in the Marine Corps. His tours of duty included a violent hitch in Beirut and a stint ...

The chorus of the song “Stepping Out” by Steel Pulse has some of the most brilliant and evocative lyrics in reggae music. The lyrics flip the switch on the traditional relationship between the genie ...

Young Israelis sporting dreadlocks and wool Rastafarian caps rocked to the beat of homegrown Hebrew reggae bands at a recent music festival, a sign of reggae’s steadily increasing popularity here.

The inaugural Green Mountain Reggae Festival debuts September 6 through 8 at the Bradford Fairgrounds. With a stacked lineup of top reggae talent from Vermont and abroad, the fest features Easy Star ...

During summer in Los Angeles, lovers of reggae culture -- smitten by the sun and the sky -- have occasional flights of fancy: Turning to the ocean, humming a Jimmy Cliff tune, they imagine themselves ...

Nectar’s closing for the summer isn’t a blow only to the local music scene. The area will also deal with the fallout from losing popular events and series that the club hosted. What will become of the ...