KINGSTON, Jamaica — In 2016, the cover of the Yellow Pages brought Jamaica to a standstill. For the Kingston and St. Andrews editions of the directory, three artists were commissioned to create ...
Fabian Wayne Edwards, better known by his stage name FyaVerse, is a Jamaican Dancehall fusion singer-songwriter who has quickly emerged as one of the most exciting and innovative voices in the genre.
In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...
If you’ve heard music, there’s a good chance you’ve heard Sister Nancy. That’s how much her song “Bam Bam” has saturated the globe over the past 43 years. The opening horns signal that for the next 3 ...
Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford, who transformed the Jamaican art of toasting, or deejaying, from a sound system phenomenon into a hit-making art form that deeply influenced generations of dancehall artists as ...