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It was a note from The Clash that clinched world fame for reggae's first rapper, Mikey Dread. No sooner had he returned to his native Jamaica after signing a record deal in England, than he received ...

Mystic Bowie runs up on stage, beaming, his dreadlocks flying in the air. The 50-year-old Jamaican dances, lost in the joy of the roots reggae music his backing band plays to introduce him to the ...

Just a little while ago if you wanted to hear live reggae, Sunday Reggae Night at Charley Brownz was just about your only option. But now it looks like the dread-locked genre is growing into more ...

Inside Africa joins the festivities of the Baye Fall movement in Senegal. 07:27 - Source: CNN Inside Africa 10 videos Celebrating Islam with dreadlocks and reggae beats 07:27 The beating heart of East ...

Goodbye, reggae festival! Hello, Reggae Hall of Fame! After 36 years of championing reggae and music from across Africa in San Diego, Makeda Dread is retiring, at least in a manner. Next month’s 35th ...

In 1987, Washington City Paper ran a cover story by Jon Cohen. The headline: “Rastaman Corporation: In Babylon on the Potomac, Gary Himelfarb built a million-dollar reggae record company.” As it ...

Reggae fashions have come a long way since the T-shirt and knit cap heyday of Bob Marley. At music festivals and concerts in Northern California and elsewhere this summer, more and more performers are ...