Although roots reggae had run its course by the time Garfield Cowan got interested in music production, he always admired the ...

Music studios here, low on frills and high on voltage, are the nerve centers of Jamaica. Anywhere on the island — even in Kingston, a car-loving city that scoffs at public domain — music blares. From ...

“Under Mi Sleng Teng,” by Jamaican singer Wayne Smith, is one of the milestones in the history of Jamaican popular music. Written by Smith and his friend Noel Davey, the pioneering dancehall classic ...

A great reggae producer is a master of disguise: able to make listeners unaware that the 10 tunes they've just heard share a single beat. That's because the building block of dancehall and ...