On Easter Monday morning, 1964, 14-year-old Marcia Griffiths stepped onto a stage for the very first time. The occasion was an annual concert held at the Carib Theater in Kingston, Jamaica. The late ...

Last year, about 4,000 people came to the Jamaica Emancipendence Ole Time Fair in Miramar to celebrate and enjoy the food and musical performances. This year, the fair returns on Saturday, Aug. 3, ...

Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica as a Category 5 storm and severely damaged the country's famous reggae community.

Two Jamaican artists, Cocoa Tea and Determine, passed away recently, leaving behind a legacy of “conscious” reggae music that was especially popular in the 1990s even as the dancehall genre expanded ...

Launched in Jamaica, the Jingle app is designed for creators-specifically targeting singers, actors, influencers, and public figures-who have a considerable fanbase. "Jamaica is the first country we ...

Jamaican dance hall reggae artist Mark Anthony Myrie -- popularly known as Buju Banton -- has been released from a federal prison in Georgia. Jamaican dance hall reggae artist Mark Anthony Myrie -- ...

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