“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 ...

The family of reggae pioneer and ska icon Owen Gray have confirmed he has died aged 86, however, no cause of death has been ...

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.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reggae, like its direct Jamaican forerunners, ska and rocksteady, is an amalgam sound. In the late 1950s the ska beat was developed in Kingston recording studios by singers and musicians ...

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 ...

Fans of the genre can get their fill of music at the second annual Pioneer Valley Ska Festival on Friday and Saturday at 52 Sumner in Springfield. The former church will host ska bands from all over ...