Reggae's roots, springing from the social ... lawless with ‘Rude Boys’ gangsters terrorising locals. Music mirrored this and Rocksteady, a slower paced sound, grew in popularity.

The music, which grew out of Jamaica in the 1960s thanks to artists ... Reggae followed on from the ska and rocksteady genres - other early pioneers included Lee Scratch Perry and Prince Buster.

Jamaican music producer Clement "Sir Coxsone'' Dodd, an early pioneer of ska, rocksteady and reggae, died on Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 72. In 1963 Dodd opened Studio One, Jamaica's ...

The local folk music was a Jamaican form called mento ... was Reggae's musical ambassador to the rest of the world, his rocksteady catalogue including the massive singles "007 (Shanty Town ...

The band fit into the Rocksteady wave of Jamaican music quite well, with a string of hits starting in 1964 and running through 1970. After suffering from a lack of royalty payments, the group joined ...

high-energy showcase of the history of Jamaican music - everything from authentic Studio One SKA to ROCKSTEADY to CLASSIC REGGAE. The 6-piece outfit lead by renowned trombonist ‘Dizzy’ Minott ...

The UK’s finest all-female reggae DJ collective playing the sweet sounds of Ska, Rocksteady, Roots, Revival Reggae, Rub a Dub, Lover’s Rock and Early Digital. Founded in 2016 by ...