Reggae star Shaggy has teamed up with producer Christopher Birch to create a song, Rise Again to raise money for the Digicel Haiti Relief Fund. The project is sponsored by Digicel and aims to use Caribbean art and artists to assist the Haitian people.
Shaggy and Birch rounded up a who’s who of Caribbean artists to [...]

[ June 4, 2010 to June 6, 2010. ] Although Mountain Jam is more widely known as a jam band event, there will be some reggae stars shining in the Catskill Mountains air on the evenings of June 4-6! The Mountain Jam 6 lineup includes performances by

Reggae rocker Michael Franti & Spearhead
Reggae legends Toots and the Maytals
Reggae hip hop Hasid Matisyahu

Tickets [...]

[ January 22, 2010; ] It’s a red carpet affair when Daville proudly presents his Big Birthday celebration at the Mingles Café, located at 4012 Boston Rd. BX, NY on Friday January 22nd 2010. It’s 2010 and this is not an event to be missed.

Music is brought to you by Platinum Kids, Bojangles Musik and Black Melody with special acts [...]

[ January 25, 2010; 7:00 pm to 11:59 pm. ] ROCK the Runway is back and bringing in the new year, bigger and better than ever! While we can’t tell you everyone that will be there just yet, what we can tell you is that we have some big name and mainstream designers with some of the hottest fashions that will be showcasing their art [...]

This just in from Jamrock Magazine in the wake of Haiti’s devastating earthquake:
On behalf of the entire staff of JAMROCK Magazine and Linkup Media Inc., we would like to extend our deepest sympathies to all of our Haitian Brothers and Sisters worldwide that have been affected by the devastating earthquake. It is in times like [...]

Bob Marley‘s popularity has outlived his reggae music, his tour dates, and even his life. Some people think that a musician’s career ends when they stop recording, or perhaps when they pass from this world, but Robert Nesta Marley, the great Jamaican reggae singer, has proven them wrong, even though his death was a tremendous [...]

Jamaican dancehall reggae star Buju Banton has been arrested for attempting to purchase 5Kg of cocaine from an undercover officer in Florida. If found guilty, Banton faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Update: this article is part of a continuing series about Buju Banton’s arrest, accusations, and trial. For more information about the [...]

Buju Banton may not be one of the nominees for the best reggae album 2009 Grammy award for much longer. Banton, whose 2009 roots reggae album Rasta Got Soul (his 9th release), is nominated in the 52nd annual Grammy awards, is the subject of protest campaign.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the United [...]

Dancehall star Beenie Man is again under fire for his anti-gay lyrics, this time from corporate sponsor PepsiCo. Contact Music is reporting that PepsiCo spokespeople are criticizing Beenie Man for performing an anti-gay song at a reggae concert in Uganda on Saturday, December 5th.
Uganda’s Monitor reports that “The King of Dancehall stuck a sword of [...]

The 52nd Annual Grammy nominees for Best Reggae Album (Vocal or Instrumental)
have been announced.
One of these nominees will win the best reggae Grammy at the 52nd annual Grammy awards:

Rasta Got Soul by Buju Banton on Gargamel Music, Inc.
Brand New Me by Gregory Isaacs on Tad’s Record
Awake by Julian Marley on Ghetto Youths/Tuff Gong/Universal Republic
Mind Control [...]