Jimmy Cliff, who helped bring ska, reggae, and rocksteady to the world, died after a seizure followed by pneumonia.

Photo: Marc Millman Jimmy Cliff, the magnetic reggae, ska and rocksteady pioneer, known for his jovial musical output, ...

The entertainer won a Grammy Award for best reggae album for "Rebirth," and another Grammy in 1984 for "Cliff Hanger." ...

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 ...

Known for classics such as "Many Rivers to Cross" and "You Can Get it If You Really Want," Cliff helped bring reggae to ...

Legendary Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff, known for popularizing reggae, ska, and rocksteady music, has passed away. Over six decades, he released 30 albums, starred in a classic film, and collaborated ...

Las Cruces, New Mexico, may sound like an unlikely place for a ska music scene, but it’s been home to at least two ska bands that have properly represented the music. One band is directly responsible ...

*Prince Buster, the Jamaican musician widely credited with pioneering ska and rocksteady music, died in Miami on Thursday at the age of 78, his son Kareem Ali confirmed to the Jamaican Observer.

Ska has been making its way back into the public consciousness more and more each year, it continues to attract new generations, and there continue to be so many great ska and ska-punk records coming ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — One of the founders of a leading Jamaican reggae and rocksteady trio from the 1960s has died. A bandmate says Barry Llewellyn of the Heptones died Wednesday at age 64. Lead ...

At some point in the mid-nineties, third wave ska was everywhere. It was the upbeat counterpoint to grunge. There were, and remain, bands in the genre who were creative and made great music. As the ...