Hip-hop and R&B may initially come to mind when you think of black music, reggae is also a big part of the sonic landscape. And though domestically it may be an afterthought in comparison to those ...

The Grammy Awards are scheduled for January 26 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Five nominees (Beres Hammond, Ziggy Marley, Sizzla, Snoop Lion and Sly and Robbie) are up for Best Reggae Album.

Sting has sung with jazz musicians and rappers, written a musical about shipbuilding on his native Tyneside and released an album of Renaissance lute music. But his latest escapade - a set of ...

NOT SINCE MAXI PRIEST and Shabba Ranks joined forces several years ago for “House Call” has a reggae artist made as huge a mainstream splash as Shaggy’s. Shaggy (aka Orville Richard Burrell) has ...

Shaggy's entire performance was purely a seductive interaction with the audience. With his energetic style talented three-member troupe of back up singers, the Grammy-award winning reggae sensation ...

Touring their Grammy-winning album, Sting is in decent voice, but Shaggy adds little of substance The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an ...

It took 23 years for Shaggy to repeat the Grammy-winning success of his 1996 album, Boombastic. The ice-cool, ragged-voiced party-starter teamed up with pop contemporary artiste Sting for 44/876, ...

The year 1995 was big for dancehall music. One of its flag-bearers was deejay Shaggy, whose third studio album Boombastic rocked the American pop and R&B charts. Boombastic contains songs by producers ...

He's known for penning pop hits like Mr Bombastic, but reggae star Shaggy wants to use his musical talents in a different way: stopping terrorist group Isis. The musician offered his views on the ...

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