Jamaica's dancehall scene is often associated with bold fashion, high energy, and unapologetic self-expression. It is a world far removed--at least on the surface--from the cultural formality of ...

What sets the two characters apart is that Bly loses his simplicity when he gets on stage. His music takes him places as he jumps, shakes his dreadlocks to the rhythm and artistically engages his fans ...

Veteran artist Vybz Kartel drops beats from behind bars, while a group from Uganda gives Jamaica’s dancehall scene a run for its money Despite a life sentence for murder, Kartel hasn’t stopped his ...

Dancehall artiste David Sifaayo, better known by his stage name Master Parrot, has died following a road accident in Kampala. News of his death was announced by former National Unity Platform ...

Bishop Mwesigwa with family members. Courtesy Photo. If anyone had told the Rev Dr Sheldon Mwesigwa that he would one day be a bishop, the clergy man would have sworn on his life never to walk such a ...

Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican pop music that originated in the late 1970s. It started as the sparser version of reggae (as a polar opposite of the roots style). Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican pop ...

Last week I was blessed to have been invited out to Uganda, East Africa, where I was one of 4 judges for the Club Video Music Awards, (the country's premier annual music awards ceremony), which takes ...