Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Senior Research Analyst Gilead Ini on an American Jewish singer’s treatment in Spain. Photos: Getty Images Rototom Sunsplash is an annual ...

It is not often that an artist comes around who revitalizes a genre and in the process, creates a fresh new sound. Matisyahu accomplishes this feat with his adept balance of Jewish spiritualism, ...

“We hope people get strength and guidance and encouragement, love and happiness,” said Israel Vibration’s Lacelle “Wiss” Bulgin, who will perform May 31 at Da Playground. Courtesy photo Jamaican ...

A powerful African drumbeat pounded through the small room, as a singer with a Bob Marley-like voice clicked two small wooden sticks to the rhythm of his words. “When I walk, I walk with love,” he ...

Jamaica’s singer, Anthony B, took Israel by storm when he and a host of other musicians recently celebrated the life of reggae icon Bob Marley! He wore a necklace bearing the Hebrew word “chai,” which ...

Editor’s note: Joseph Israel’s July 19 show at the Orange Peel has been canceled — but that didn’t stop Xpress from chatting up the reggae artist. See the Q&A below, which was conducted while the show ...

Jamaican reggae pioneer Desmond Dekker, famed for the genre’s first worldwide hit with ”Israelites,” has died of a heart attack at his home in England, the Jamaica Observer reported Friday. He was 64.

John Lennon was a fan of a classic reggae song. In addition, he said the song’s success represented how much listeners’ musical tastes had changed since the early 1960s. Notably, John felt that the ...