Reggaeton royalty will come to the Brass City this fall. Ivy Queen, dubbed the “Queen of Reggaeton,” will perform Oct. 18 at Waterbury’s Palace Theater. The performance will be the theater's first ...

Dar es Salaam. When the crackling sounds of records by Franco Luambo and Tabu Ley Rochereau first reached East Africa’s coastlines in the 1950s, they carried more than melodies—they ushered in a ...

If there is ever a Reggae Hall of Fame ... She could listen to the rhythm patterns with the trial machine only about once a day. When she needed to make adjustments, she had to enter the ...

Over an easy-going rhythm he dives into what would be a typical preoccupation for any preteen: middle-school bullies. But, true to the anti-authority roots of reggae, he sets his eyes on a ...

North African folk music, with its intricate polyrhythmic patterns, blended seamlessly with reggae’s signature offbeat rhythm. This fusion enabled the sounds of Bob Marley and his Jamaican ...

That sound is colloquially known as a dembow riddim, one of the most recognizable rhythmic patterns of a genre that ... case is not based on melody, but on rhythm. The role of rhythm in music ...

Somehow, no one died – Rita’s dreadlocks stopped a bullet from penetrating her brain. Just 48 hours after this assassination attempt, and despite the grave risks to their safety, Marley and ...

“Rhythm elements ... riddim’s drum pattern and compositional elements. However, he deferred ruling on originality, citing the need for further evidence and expert testimony at a trial. Ewan Simpson, ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by F.S., Jah Vinci, Christopher Martin and more. By Kyle Denis After weathering two globe-traversing clashes in January, dancehall ...

The very recognizable drum pattern of "Fish Market," the plaintiffs say in their ... The second argument brought up to dismiss the complaint at Friday's hearing was that a rhythm isn't entitled to ...