“Rocksteady’s effect upon Jamaican music is immeasurable and its catalog continues to influence generations of reggae artists and musicians around the world,” comments Andrea Davis, founder ...

In Jamaican music's immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all ...

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Drawn from the deep catalog of Jamaica’s legendary Studio One, every song on this new compilation is a bonafide classic, underscoring the connection between spacious rocksteady music and U.S. soul.

In the mid-1960s Rocksteady had emerged and was a precursor to Reggae music and musicians, such as Alton Ellis and Desmond Dekker, who brough Rocksteady hits to the scene. Reggae was the next ...

WHAT is the Christmas season without music? Music producer Patrice Bart-Williams wanted to inject Jamaican flavour into the holidays with Patrice Presents Rocksteady Christmas, a project of holid ...

DESMOND DEKKER, the first international star of Jamaican ska and rocksteady music, died of a heart attack in late May at the age of 64. Before Bob Marley made reggae music into a world phenomenon ...

On his fifth studio album, "Love Situation", Jamaican singer/songwriter Tarrus Riley and longstanding producer and musical director Dean Fraser pay tribute to reggae's direct forerunner rocksteady ...

A decade later, rocksteady briefly took hold, followed by organ-heavy early reggae sounds in 1969. A U.K. ska revival emerged in the early '80s when punk collided with Jamaican sounds and birthed ...

A live music festival in Broward County will celebrate Jamaican music’s rich legacy, its impact on various genres around the world and reggae’s most influential icons.