Max Romeo, a popular Jamaican reggae musician, has died at the age of 80. His family announced his death on April 11, 2025.

Lee (Chrys) Kair, stepdaughter Judith (Greg) Earle, 12 grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren. Bill was deeply loved by his extended family and many friends. His kindness and mischievous ...

After his pioneering rude boy reggae hit, the singer-songwriter helped soundtrack Jamaica's politically turbulent 1970s ...

This is Historic Huntley, a federal period, 11-room villa built around 1825 by Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria and grandson of Gunston Hall’s George Mason IV. Mason called his country ...

The statue of Captain John O’Donnell, an 18th century merchant who enslaved dozens of Black people on his Maryland plantation, won’t be returning to its former perch in Baltimore’s Canton Square, ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

From “slack” lyrics to a militant style embracing social issues, Max Romeo remained an enormously influential singer and songwriter for over 50 years.

On the 40th anniversary of their formation, we look back at how the group went from being just four friends to the ...

I got the movie,” exclaimed Ryan Coogler while doing the dishes. For months, the director had been trying to weave together ...

Spirituals, field hollers and African rhythms evolved into blues music over many years across the American South, but the Dockery Plantation ... and he lived with his family of six within the ...

Ficara; Collection of the Tinwood Alliance MARY LEE BENDOLPH: "Most of my ideas ... when the community was the site of a cotton plantation owned by a Joseph Gee. Influenced, perhaps, by the ...

The city of Franklin will help initiate the Garden Club of Virginia’s 2025 Historic Garden Week by holding a tour of homes ...