ST JAMES, Jamaica – Pier 1 car park in Montego Bay came alive for the return of the Reggae Sumfest Global Sound Clash last Thursday. The Guinness-sponsored event saw sound system royalties go ...

"Those three notes in Peaches: you do those three notes and it's instantly identifiable" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As bass ...

With customised speakers pumping out earthquaking bass, sound systems are the booming heart of carnival. A selection of operators talk about 50 years of playing records from reggae to grime. Plus: a ...

LONG before 2-Tone, Britain's reggae-loving youth were grooving at blues parties to roots reggae, pumped out of huge speakers, with a bassline that could loosen your fillings. This is the unique ...

Sergio Ortiz is a soft-spoken teacher in San Antonio College’s music business program. But as the reggae artist Sgt. Remo, he makes some serious noise with a wall of speakers that looks like ...

India’s first reggae sound system, this crew of DJs and MCs comprises reggae entertainers and promoters from New Delhi, currently with a base in Goa. Says General Zooz, “Emerging in the 1950s in ...

Robbie Shakespeare, the renowned reggae bassist who helped move the genre into new sonic territory and whose playing was heard on classics by Black Uhuru and Peter Tosh as well as albums by rock icons ...

Ashish Joshi (centre) with 'Snoopy' (left), Unique Star Sound System and 'Skyjuice' (right) Enterprise sound system A reggae enthusiast has said digitising and publishing live recordings of sound ...

Reggae fans didn't need to go to Jamaica to hear the best music in the 1970s and 1980s. They didn't even have to live in big cities such as London or Birmingham. In Huddersfield, West Yorkshire – the ...