Reggae music became popular in the late 1960s, when young people were excited about it and gravitated to the new sound. The artists were mainly grass-roots people who used their voices to articulate a ...

Before reggae, rock steady, or even ska, mento ruled Jamaica's musical consciousness. Originally a rural folk music, coalesced from African and European influences, mento took on a more modern tenor ...

The Jolly Boys, who formed during the classic era of mento, pay tribute to a man who helped put Caribbean music on the map, with Day-O, their latest song. Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) was originally ...