Harry Belafonte, the Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, actor and activist whose music helped break Caribbean music through to a global audience, and whose humanitarian efforts changed the world, ...

When you factor in a history that includes at least 60 years of music, the participating in the birth of reggae music, and the building of the world’s largest independent Caribbean music label, “My ...

101. Darling I'm Starving So / Lord Myrie, Cecil Mitchel, James Convery. Jamaica,Caribbean 102. Kinsey Report / Lord Myrie, Cecil Mitchel, James Convery. Jamaica,Caribbean 103. Don't Roll Those ...

Irving Burgie, a songwriter whose adaptation of the traditional Jamaican folk song "Day-O" became one of the definitive calypso songs of the 20th century, died on Friday. He was 95. Burgie died as a ...

"On the subject of calypso singers of Trinidad he was both knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The culture they sang about was tough, breezy, unsentimental. Vidia had written…'It is only in the calypso ...

The Beatles headed to Jamaica long before 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.' John Lennon pointed to a '64 track as the band's 1st foray into the island's music. That track, which John Lennon definitely didn’t hate ...

In the early days of the pandemic, hip-hop producers Swizz Beats and Timbaland created a music industry monster: Verzuz, a live-on-Instagram music battle show that broke livestreaming records on ...

Harry Belafonte, the "King of Calypso" who became one of America's endearing and enduring civil rights activists into his 10th decade, has died. He was 96. Belafonte died Tuesday at his home in New ...

Here we are in muggy late August — what the ancient Romans called the "dog days" of summer. For many of us, the season requires a certain soundtrack. Maybe it's bossa nova, upbeat R&B or chilled-out ...

Gospel recording artiste Roxanne Robinson is on a celebratory high following her recently announced Sterling Gospel Music ...