Reggae
Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival Announces 2022 Lineup
PUBLISHED May 9, 2022
Victoria Ska and Reggae Festival is celebrating its 23rd year in 2022, and it's just announced the lineup for its upcoming edition, featuri...
Daddy Yankee Announces Retirement with Final Album and Farewell Tour
PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2022
Daddy Yankee — creator of countless hits and the man who coined the term reggaeton back in the '90s — is bowing out. The King of Reggaeton...
Dua Lipa Sued for Allegedly Ripping Off Florida Reggae Band with "Levitating"
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2022
Dua Lipa is being sued by a Florida reggae band who claim that her massive 2020 single "Levitating" — already a controversial song due to i...
Robbie Shakespeare, Sly and Robbie Bassist and Producer, Dies at 68
PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2021
Robert "Robbie" Shakespeare — the Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer known best as one half of prolific duo Sly and Robbie — has d...
Reggae Visionary Lee "Scratch" Perry Dies at 85
PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2021
Lee "Scratch" Perry — the Jamaican dub experimentalist who revolutionized reggae and other genres like hip-hop and dance — has died. Accor...
UB40 Saxophonist Brian Travers Dead at 62
PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2021
Brian Travers — UB40 founding member, lyricist, arranger and saxophonist — has died. He was 62 years old. UB40 confirmed his passing in a...
Toronto Is Getting Another New Concert Venue
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2021
After learning of Drake's new History concert venue making its way east of the DVP, Toronto's Leslieville neighbourhood is now due for yet...
U-Roy Honoured with New Posthumous Album 'Solid Gold U-Roy'
PUBLISHED May 20, 2021
A posthumous album from late dancehall and reggae icon U-Roy has been announced. The 12-song Solid Gold U-Roy July 16 via Trojan Jamaica/BM...