Members of the D.C. Nyabinghi community bring an old Rastafari tradition to the new Babylon. Doum-doum. Doum-doum. Brother Irice, a Rastafari elder of the Nyabinghi order, settles near the altar and ...
In Jamaican music’s immediate family, there are reggae, dancehall, ska, rocksteady, dub and mento and Nyabinghi. Close cousins? That would be hip-hop, reggaeton, EDM and Afrobeats. Learn about all the ...
Now in full swing, Reggae Month 2026 is marking its eighteenth year with more than 60 registered activities under the theme ‘Rhythm in Resilience’. Running through to 28 February, this year’s ...
Nyabinghi Christmas, the 16-song instrumental collection by saxophonist Dean Fraser, debuts at number 14 this week on the sales-driven US Current Reggae Albums Chart. The set, released in November via ...
The historic-yet-sadly-dilapidated Ward Theatre in the middle of downtown Kingston, Jamaica is normally closed to the public. But it played host to a unique performance this past June, one that closed ...
Black History Month (African American History Month) is celebrated in February because it coincides with the birthdays of two significant figures in America’s history: Abraham Lincoln, a former ...
Life Even af­ter 38 years in the busi­ness, DJ Nyabinghi still has what it takes to move peo­ple's feet. The vet­er­an disc jock­ey cel­e­brat­ed his birth­day bash last Sat­ur­day, do­ing what he ...
The rhythm of his life started with the sound of Nyabinghi drums of the Rastafari in the Maroon Hills of Jamaica. At 70, the Kitchener-based reggae legend Errol Blackwood still feels that music.