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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the long lines for jerk chicken and other Caribbean fare to the waving flags during the islands’ roll calls, Best of the Best ...

Happy, happy 40th birthday to VP Records — the Caribbean-rooted mom-and-pop music store that grew into the world’s largest independent recording company for reggae, dancehall and soca music, based in ...

The iconic Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival (GJJF) returns to South Florida with a sizzling mix of Caribbean culture, mouthwatering food, and electrifying reggae and Soca music. Headlining this year's ...

On a Friday night last February, a singer in a gold lamé suit and matching kufi stepped off a throne to pounding drums and a loud chanting of his name. As Olatunji performed his single “Ola,” dancers ...

You can’t keep a good festival down. The Caribbean Food and Rum Festival will finally get its long-awaited reboot on Sunday, Dec. 12, after COVID-19 caused a delay from the original Labor Day weekend ...

If you think all the fun is finished with the close of play at Cup Match on Friday, July 29, think again! For many the party is just starting.2011 will mark the fifth year that there will be the Soca ...

All bets are off at this year’s Soca Versus Reggae VIII event. Organisers will be pitting an all female soca team against an all male reggae line-up in its first ever ‘Battle of the Sexes’. And it is ...

DULUTH — Since its inception 17 years ago, the Bayfront Reggae and World Music Festival has grown from 660 attendees to 3,500 in 2022, tripling its overall budget and bringing in high-profile artists ...

The countdown is on to yet another Caribbean Carnival – Jamaica Carnival 2019! Known as the birthplace of reggae music, many people are quite shocked when they hear that Jamaica has a carnival. Filled ...

New York’s West Indian Day Parade has marked the city’s Labor Day weekend for decades, and this year, the festivities begin at 9 p.m. on a Wednesday night. “They say this is the last weekend of summer ...

Bandleader, producer, studio owner, and Jamaican musical icon Byron Lee passed away November 4 after a battle with cancer, according to a post on his website. [Via Tiny Mix Tapes.] He was 73. Lee ...