Reggae

Bob Marley: One Love releases in cinemas on Valentine's Day, which is canny timing given the romance it portrays.

Papua New Guinea's chief censor has temporarily banned venues and broadcasters from playing music by a controversial local singer after a complaint several songs contain "emotionally triggering lyrics", but how the tracks are triggering remains unclear.

In just six days and with "next to no budget", Eris Gino organised all aspects of a concert tour stop in 2017 to fulfil her daughter's dreams of seeing a Ugandan musician — "East Africa's Beyonce" — perform.

The Jamaican singer was found unresponsive in a vehicle on Tuesday morning after reportedly suffering an asthma attack.

As the long-awaited replacement for White Night and the Melbourne Festival, Rising set out to deliver a monumental program of public and international arts, but the small moments are perhaps its best feature.

Having been delayed by COVID for two years, Melbourne’s newest cultural festival is set to wow audiences with headliners Sampa the Great and Masego and a raft of public art events.

Lee "Scratch" Perry was a wildly influential Jamaican singer and producer who pushed the boundaries of dub reggae and helped invent sampling.

Brian Travers, a saxophonist and songwriter, passes away with his family by his side after a "long and heroic battle with cancer".

Jamaica's Prime Minister declares a "great loss for Jamaica and reggae" as Bunny Wailer, one of the people credited with popularising reggae music, passes away.

A young woman escapes the racism and misogyny of 60s West London for one blissful night of music, dancing and romance in Lovers Rock, by Steve McQueen (Widows).

Johnny Nash, a singer-songwriter, actor and producer who rose to fame with the hit I Can See Clearly Now dies in the United States.

In the remote Aboriginal communities of central Australia, a musician many of us have never heard of is "bigger than The Beatles". And he gave rise to a unique new sound.

People attend a memorial for the reggae star in the tiny community of Milingimbi in north-east Arnhem Land in 2007.

In the late 1970s, an unlikely friendship between "like-minded rebels" — rastas and punks — gave rise to a new sound. And Richard Branson, then the boss of Virgin Records, is part of the story.

The musical movement from poor neighbourhoods in Jamaica's Kingston has spread into the homes of fans worldwide and been front and centre to many 20th-century social movements.

Some of Australia's best-known musicians have felt the impact of a song brought across the seas more than 130 years ago.

Jamaica's rich music heritage got hijacked by a vicious and violent brand of homophobia. But along came a new generation of artists who, with a little help from the internet, are wresting it back.

As the world's newest nation teeters on the brink of civil war, the young people of South Sudan are pushing back, seeking peace through music and the power of radio.

Criticism from musicians has prompted organisers of ARIA award organisers to consider changing the name of the urban music category.

Reggae immortal Bob Marley joins Barack Obama and Elvis Presley in the elite club of those who have biological species named in their honour.

It's not often that you hear of rock and folk music helping out farmers.

An exhibition in Los Angeles marks 30 years to the day since reggae legend Bob Marley died of cancer.

An estimated 6,000 music fans have converged on Alice Springs for the One Night Stand concert.

A Serbian village has unveiled what it said was Europe's first statue to the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley, aimed at promoting tolerance in a region still recovering from war.

Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay Bounty Killa was arrested in Jamaica on Friday and charged with using profanity during a performance at a leading reggae festival in Montego Bay.