Two Jamaican artists, Cocoa Tea and Determine, passed away recently, leaving behind a legacy of “conscious” reggae music that was especially popular in the 1990s even as the dancehall genre expanded ...

The singer died at 65, leaving behind a substantial musical legacy. By Patricia Meschino Jamaican singer Cocoa Tea, whose celebrated career blurred the divide between roots reggae’s righteous ...

The music legend had originally been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2019 before struggling with pneumonia over the past six months ICONIC Jamaican singer-songwriter Cocoa Tea, best known for his 90s hit ...

The Kooking of Black ‘Rice is an extraordinary, image-rich memoir that captures the life and times of Richard Ekinadese ...

Hear tracks by Jane’s Addiction, Bon Iver, Yola and others. By Jon Pareles Known as “Peetah,” he and other children of the singer Denroy Morgan formed the group Morgan Heritage in the 1990s. By Mike ...

Whatever mood you're in, contemporary reggae has a tune for you. That's because Jamaican music is a study in contrasts: Songs veer from sacred to profane, sexy to spiritual, blisteringly aggressive to ...