Reggae Month 2026 is officially underway, marking the 17th anniversary of the declaration of February as Reggae Month in Jamaica. Under the national theme “Rhythms of Resilience,” the capital comes ...

The great Unknown “Anyone that loves music likely wants to put together a compilation,” says solo artist and Beta Band mainstay Steve Mason. “But what no one prepares you for is how h ...

A high-stakes dispute forcing copyright law to confront a long-standing problem: how to define ‘originality’ for the protection of musical works.

Lila Iké grew up surrounded by music, in a small town in the green mountains of Jamaica. "Christiana, where I was born and raised, is a community where music literally oozes out of every fabric of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Famous reggae rhythm section and producing team Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. (Credit: Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drummer Sly Dunbar, who, along with his partner, bassist Robbie Shakespeare, formed a rhythm section and production team that ...

Born Lowell Fillmore Dunbar in Kingston in 1952, he was instrumental in shaping not only reggae but rock, dance and hip hop with his longtime collaborator and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, who died in ...

Sly Dunbar, two-time Grammy award-winning reggae drummer, has died at the age of 73. He produced several tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section ...

After his death aged 73, we look back at a selection of the hundreds of tracks the Sly and Robbie drummer had a hand in making It isn’t Sly Dunbar’s most spectacular performance as a drummer – ...

Drummer helped to define the sound of roots reggae and dancehall, and worked with stars including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Grace Jones Sly Dunbar, the Jamaican musician and producer who ...

Lowell Fillmore “Sly” Dunbar, the drumming half of the legendary reggae rhythm section Sly and Robbie, has died, according to the Guardian and a statement from his daughter to TMZ. Dunbar’s wife, ...

The two-time Grammy winner was half of the influential rhythm section Sly & Robbie with bassist Robbie Shakespeare. By The Associated Press Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who ...