“I would really like for the artists to come in and make connections and understand the game and not get fucked like the old ones did,” said Shaggy of the third annual confab. By Janeé Bolden Artists, ...

Just a few months after the devastation of Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica danced right back to the center of the global music conversation with this year’s Island Music Conference (Feb. 25-28).

In this essay, writer AJ Morris explores the cultural history of Jamaican music, from reggae to dancehall, and examines how the medium works in tandem with Jamaican film as acts of protest and ...