Blame it on the sugar-spiked funnel cakes — or the fact that Memorial Day arrived in Seattle with clear skies. Whatever it was, the thousands who turned up for the last day of the Northwest Folklife ...

REGGAE RISING: Reggae-punk-hip-hop-fusion band King Zero plays Thursday, June 18, at SOhO Restaurant & Muisc Club with Fayuca, Ease Up, and True Press, but don’t call them a white-boy reggae band.

Rap and reggae music’s diverse appeal was evident at the Smokin’ Grooves Tour’s Hartford stop at the Meadows Music Theatre on Sunday. Call O Da Wild warmed up the crowd, which was thin for the first ...

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If you were on the inside of Miami’s hot hip hop scene over the last 15 years, you probably already know Abebe Lewis. He stages nightclub events and produces music festivals throughout South Florida, ...

IT’S against his religion to smoke pot or wear dreadlocks – but that hasn’t stopped Matisyahu Miller from becoming New York’s first Hasidic Rasta-rapper. As dubious as his schtick may sound – it seems ...

As the sun beat down, Luana Halili, 33, of North Bellmore, rocked steadily to the calypso beat of the reggae tune drifting through the hilly, open lawns of the Vanderbilt Museum. “It’s a beautiful day ...

Intro from KCRW DJ Tom Schnabel: Gregory Isaacs was one of reggae’s great love rockers. His song “Night Nurse” was a worldwide hit. When I was music director, KCRW had a weekly 4-hour reggae show that ...

I started as Music Director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic in July, 1979. The first show I put on was the Reggae Beat, which soon became the most popular weekend show at the station. Roger ...

Before he became the world’s biggest — and only — Hasidic Jewish reggae-rap star, Matisyahu (born Matthew Miller) was a conflicted young man. In his early 20s, as he began delving deeper into his ...