With his crooner’s voice and sociopolitical lyrics, Everton Blender is one of the leaders of a growing trend in Jamaican music: a renaissance of the rasta roots vibration within the island’s dominant ...

Mr. Vegas hears Jamaican dancehall music in plenty of mainstream hits, from Rihanna's "Work" to Justin Bieber's "Sorry." But Vegas said he wants musicians who specialize in dancehall to share the ...

Let’s set the scene. You’re out with friends, or maybe by yourself, at a local nightclub or day party, and the DJ on set gives a shoutout to the “Carribeans” in the crowd. They say something like, ...

Dancehall crashed the mainstream in 2016, providing the sound and, crucially, the rhythm for the year’s biggest hits, from Drake’s ‘One Dance’ and Rihanna’s ‘Work’ to underground gems on Swing Ting ...

Sean Paul has some choice words for artists who are suddenly incorporating elements of dancehall into their music, including Drake and Justin Bieber. Paul vented his frustrations in a new interview ...

Just days before an announced closure, the Coupland Dancehall has been saved as a Texas country music shrine. On Aug. 11, ...