Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in Trinidad, the sound of Mento can be traced back to the convergent ...

Reggae is a unique fusion of local folk music with outside influences. The local folk music was a Jamaican form called mento – which used saxophones, flutes, bamboo fifes, PVC pipes, banjos ...

From the streets of Cairo and Tripoli to Morocco’s Sahel and Sudan's Nubian desert communities, Bob Marley’s musical legacy ...

Reggae is a unique fusion of local folk music with outside influences. The local folk music was a Jamaican form called mento, but in the 40s and 50s Jamaicans were also listening to music from the ...

February marks National Reggae Month — a time to celebrate the rich anthology of Jamaican music and honor the birthdays of late icons Dennis Brown and Bob Marley. The festival will include ...

Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...

The New York-based group, primarily focused on showcasing and preserving Caribbean folk music, now performs inspirational and reggae songs. The Braata Folk Singers, under the creative direction of ...