Simmering Stepney
So it was only my second time in Stepney, St Ann. It's an out-of-the-way, quiet community, not far from the more popular Nine Miles where Bob Marley was born. In fact, the reggae singer went to school in Stepney. Anyway...

Dub revival
DUB music is nowhere as popular in Jamaica as it was in the 1970s when exponents like Osbourne 'King Tubby' Ruddock and Augustus Pablo helped make it an art form.But Clive Jeffrey, a Pablo protégé, hopes to revive interest in the sound through his ...

Island celebration
As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, Island Records has released Island 50 Reggae: The Loudest Island In The World, a compilation of 18 of the label's biggest reggae songs.Jimmy Cliff's seminal The Harder They Come, Toots and The Maytal's...