When you think of Louisville's music scene, reggae music may not come to mind. But for the past 27 years, steel drums ring the alarm for the start of summer at the Kentucky Reggae Festival. Ibuka ...

The steel drum, also called the steel pan or just pan, is surely one of the most unusual and versatile musical instruments in the world. The clangy sound of a steel band performing during carnival in ...

GRAND HAVEN, MI – Steel drum music resonated through the Loutit District Library in Grand Haven on Thursday, Aug. 15, as a local band kicked off Jamaican Day. Steel Doin’ It performed in the morning ...

One Drum is an EP that celebrates the cultural ties that unite Africa and its diaspora. Leading the project is the song Stop Stressing – a collaboration between Jamaican music icons Stephen Marley and ...

There was a time when reggae music was mellow and meaningful, a rhythmic pulse from the island of Jamaica filled with smooth vocals, punchy percussion and messages of peace, love and understanding.

Jamaica Ray, of St. Louis, plays the steel drums in front of Crown Candy Kitchen on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle, [email protected] One of the many mannequins made by ...

What’s red, black, green and invading Middletown with a weekend full of hypnotic jams? The new Reggae Roots Music Festival set to launch at Thousand Acre Farms from July 30 to Aug. 1. The festival, ...

He was born in St. Louis, lived as a young boy near the old Northwest High School on Riverview Boulevard (now Northwest Academy of Law) and moved to Jamaica with his mom when he was 8 or 9. There, he ...