Listen to Rastafarian songs "Nybingi Medley" and "King So High" Visit the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Web site for purchase and more information Jake Homiak is the curator for Discovering ...

The historic-yet-sadly-dilapidated Ward Theatre in the middle of downtown Kingston, Jamaica is normally closed to the public. But it played host to a unique performance this past June, one that closed ...

Since Colorado legalized marijuana back in 2014, the music and arts scene has expanded, yet neither reggae nor the Rastafarian faith have seen much of an uptick in relevance. Until now. The Colorado ...

Back in 2001 and fresh from Shizuoka, a city near Japan’s picturesque Mt. Fuji, Yuichi Iida found himself standing in Manhattan’s Union Square, transfixed on a Rastafarian banging an African drum. The ...

If Las Vegas were taking bets on which band will drop an album the world will soon be talking about – and singing, skanking, and otherwise shaking their booty to – an album that will quickly catapult ...

I discovered reggae music in 1976 thanks to my 8th grade Social Studies teacher, Mr. Gilliam. He turned me on to Bob Marley’s album Rastaman Vibration; it remains my favorite Marley album mostly ...