I started as Music Director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic in July, 1979. The first show I put on was the Reggae Beat, which soon became the most popular weekend show at the station. Roger ...

Intro from KCRW DJ Tom Schnabel: Gregory Isaacs was one of reggae’s great love rockers. His song “Night Nurse” was a worldwide hit. When I was music director, KCRW had a weekly 4-hour reggae show that ...

For years, the reggae soundtrack has been synonymous to untidy people sitting on slim benches, outside a liquor shop, chewing khat, smoking bhang and occasionally nodding. However, this music genre ...

This is the fourth of a 10-part series looking at the impact of dancehall/reggae culture around the world. SWISS singjay Cookie The Herbalist has earned his stripes by working the European reggae ...

If you’re one of the those who, like me, can’t live without music even if you couldn’t tell many of the genres from one another (except for classical, jazz and pop in my case), you wouldn’t know that ...