Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in Trinidad, the sound of Mento can be traced back to the convergent society of ...

He said videos and audio tapes allow people to see and hear the music in its heyday and "feel what it was like". The reggae sound systems movement is understood to have influenced different ...

Music became a national obsession particularly ... of protest and revolution changed the vibe and identity of the sound. Roots reggae concerned itself with the everyday life and hopes of Africans ...

Reggae has been added to a list of international cultural treasures which the United Nations has deemed worthy of protecting and promoting. The music, which grew out of Jamaica in the 1960s thanks ...