KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reggae music may have originated in Jamaica, but a band from China has latched on to the sound and is building on the genre to create something pretty unique. Long Shen Dao’s ...

Established Chinese rocker Xie Tianxiao is promising a new style of music for China in his album due for release at the beginning of next month: "The Chinese style of reggae." That will be also the ...

Bob Marley's classic album Legend is now on sale in China, nearly a quarter-century after it was released in the West. The question: will reggae retain its political underpinnings in China, or is it ...

Almost five years ago on a local television show in New York, the host was taken aback at the appearance of Jamaican reggae artist Gyptian being introduced by a diminutive, elderly Asian woman. “He ...

For coming all the way from Beijing (a first for the Beaches Jazz Festival), Chinese reggae giants Long Shen Dao landed the headlining spot on Sunday night. The five-piece opened with an impressive ...

FOR THE Golden Dragon Acrobats, absurdly impossible tasks are just another day’s work. Juggling balls with your feet? Balancing a chandelier of water glasses while doing a headstand? A dozen people ...

For a relatively small island with a population of less than three million inhabitants, Jamaica has exerted a disproportionate influence on the world's popular culture. Reggae music, the unique, ...

A previous version of this story included the incorrect date of Omar Higgins' death. He died April 18. Omar Higgins — the bassist and leader of reggae band Chinese ...

Bill King likes soul stew. So you’ll find reggae-infused traditional Chinese music, and New Orleans funk laced with San Francisco psychedelia, at the 2014 Beaches International Jazz Festival where ...