Machel Montano is already making history. On Monday (Jan. 13), the Trinidadian music icon treated NPR's Tiny Desk series to ...

FELTON Felton Music Hall sends in a clown By now, most people have heard Smokey Robinson’s “The Tears of a Clown.” Puddles Pity Party is the living embodiment of that song, not just because he is a ...

December 31, 2024 • NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich turns us on to lesser known corners of music from 2024: blooming drone-folk, richly textured jazz, Somali garage-rock, medieval metal and a ...

He wrote the song with a calypso rhythm because the people at the ... We did the original music video outside of Red Square in Moscow in 32 degrees below zero cold [weather].

And it’s free to watch online. Indeed you can watch it here: "This long-awaited documentary film chronicles the unlikely journey of the '90s cult sensation, Dread Zeppelin, a band known for their ...

On Friday, Calypsonians will face off in the 2024-2025 Calypso Monarch Competition, with doors opening at 8 p.m. The tunes ... The Children’s Parade kicks off at 12 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 3, followed by ...

It is Nesta’s latest crack at dancehall-reggae, having recorded the song Body Callin with Tarrus Riley. There is a strategy behind working with Jamaican acts. “Breaking my music outside of ...

“My music is strongly tied to my identity.” Growing up, she also remembers how music was always playing in the house – from her parents who brought reggae, country, soca and calypso into her life, to ...

I say it every year and every year it becomes more and more true: The variety of amazingly creative expressions under the umbrella of "Latin music" is ... and dancehall/reggae (Skeng's "New ...

Starting when he moved from New York City to Putney after 9/11, Julian McBrowne has worked as a sound engineer quietly behind the scenes at music performances here in Southeast Vermont: Yellow Barn, ...

Keeping up with the many music festivals in the Live Music Capital ... Since 1994, Austin Reggae Fest has been bringing reggae to Auditorium Shores in celebration of Bob Marley’s legacy.