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News Articles: Genre: Reggae

Juan Luis Guerra won both record and album of the year at the Latin Grammy Awards Thursday in Miami.

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Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 wins big at the 25th Latin Grammys

On Thursday, Miami hosted the Latin Grammy Awards. Artist Juan Luis Guerra and his band 4.40, who won for record of the year and album of the year, plus producer Edgar Barrera, gathered the most awards of the night.

November 16, 2024
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  • Felix Contreras
Horace Andy performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

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Horace Andy: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Horace Andy performs in his signature raspy, gruff tenor from the living room of producer Adrian Sherwood.

November 18, 2022
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  • Bob Boilen
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NPR Music's 36 Favorite Songs of 2022 (So Far)

The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

June 27, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
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NPR Music's 36 Favorite Songs of 2022 (So Far)

The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

June 27, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Music

NPR Music's 36 Favorite Songs of 2022 (So Far)

The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

June 27, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
The Grammy-winning artist Koffee, whose debut full-lenth album, <em>Gifted</em>, is out March 25.

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Koffee, already a Grammy-winning globetrotter, is in full control for 'Gifted' debut

After winning a Grammy for her debut five-song short player, one of Jamaica's most talented branches out on her debut full-length.

March 23, 2022
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  • Patricia Meschino
Astro, founding member of UB40, in 1987.

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Astro, a founding member of the reggae group UB40, has died at age 64

The artist, born Terence Wilson, sang about issues of racism and poverty in the music of the pioneering reggae band.

November 08, 2021
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  • Hazel Cills
Andrew W.K.

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Andrew W.K., 'Stay True To Your Heart'

The "Party Hard" singer goes falsetto on an inspirational new song.

September 10, 2021
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  • Lars Gotrich
Reggae artist Lee "Scratch" Perry, who died on Aug. 29, had an immeasurable impact on Jamaican music and its worldwide profile.

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The Magic Of Lee 'Scratch' Perry

From the '60s on Lee "Scratch" Perry, who died on Aug. 29, brought reggae into rootsy shape and developed his own collaborative production techniques, all of which reverberate (heavily) to this day.

September 10, 2021
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  • Wayne Marshall
Lee "Scratch" Perry performs in Australia in 2007.

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Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Visionary Reggae Producer, Dies At 85

Perry's brilliant and idiosyncratic career included helping to inspire the sounds of dub and rap as we know them today.

August 30, 2021
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  • Neda Ulaby
Bunny Wailer was the last living founder of iconic Jamaican reggae band The Wailers.

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Remembering Bunny Wailer, Reggae Mystic And Wailers Co-Founder

Bunny Wailer, the legendary reggae artist who founded The Wailers alongside Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, died in Kingston, Jamaica, on March 2.

March 05, 2021
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  • Patricia Meschino
Bunny Wailer photographed in London in 1988.

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Bunny Wailer, Iconic Reggae Singer And Wailers Co-Founder, Has Died At Age 73

The last founding member of The Wailers died Tuesday in Kingston, Jamaica. After leaving the group in 1974, Bunny Wailer cultivated a distinguished solo career.

March 03, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Bad Bunny, whose new album, <em>El Último Tour del Mundo</em>, was released Friday.

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  • Music News

Bad Bunny Drops The Indie-fluenced 'El Último Tour Del Mundo'

The Puerto Rican star seems to have dug into the archives of his birth decade, the '90s, for sonic inspiration on his new album.

November 30, 2020
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  • Stefanie Fernández
Singer Johnny Nash records in a New York City studio, circa 1958.

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'I Can See Clearly Now' Singer Johnny Nash Has Died At 80

The Houston-born singer had his biggest American hit in 1972 — but as a fan of Jamaican music, he signed Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh and produced some of their early recordings.

October 07, 2020
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Jamaican reggae singer Toots Hibbert, of Toots and The Maytals, photographed in 1974.

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  • Obituaries

Toots Hibbert, Reggae Ambassador And Leader Of Toots And The Maytals, Dies At 77

The reggae star had been hospitalized in intensive care for more than a week while awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test.

September 12, 2020
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  • Patricia Meschino

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