Reggae singer Elan Atias, who as a solo performer goes by his first name, was born in Los Angeles to an Israeli/Moroccan father and Jewish Native American mother. After a record executive told Elan — …

New York City’s Michael G. (born Michael Goldwasser) and Ticklah (born Victor Axelrod) are the two longtime friends who form the Easy Star All-Stars. Goldwasser had been playing guitar with the R&B band Special Request, …

A pioneering force behind the rise of Caribbean music, guitar virtuoso Ernest Ranglin was born in Manchester, Jamaica in 1932. He began playing ukelele as a boy, soon graduating to guitar; while in his teens …

One of reggae’s early performers, Errol Dunkley bridged the roots music of Jamaica, in the 1960s, and London’s Brit-reggae scene of the 70s. His biggest hit, a remake of John Holt’s “OK Fred”, which barely …

Born in St. Catherine, Jamaica on June 11, 1947, pioneering reggae singer/songwriter Eric Donaldson has always been a peoples person. He believes in the songs he sings and the people he sings for It is …

Ludicrous, bizarre, and uniquely original, few DJs have made such a splash in the dancehall scene than Eek-A-Mouse. An artist who in any other country would have been a one-hit wonder, in Jamaica became a …

Eddy Grant stands among an elite group of artists as one who has not just merely moved successfully across the musical spectrum, but has actually been at the forefront of genres and even created one …

Born O’Neil Bryant, 1976, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. One of the more colourful characters on the “glam” dancehall scene, Bryant was originally known as “Dumbo the Elephant” as it was perceived that he had larger …