Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970s. Soul Jazz Records. Sixteen killer 70s reggae funk and soul cuts from the likes ...

Georgia voters will decide 13 U.S. House Representatives with the 2026 primary election next week. Who are the candidates?

Eighteen years after it was released digitally and 44 years after it was initially released on vinyl 45 rpm, Bam Bam by Sister Nancy has been certified gold in the United Kingdom, The song reached a ...

Born in New York City and shaped by the rhythms of two worlds, Ansel Mauricio is a young talent on the rise in the world of Contemporary Jazz. At just 15 years old — turning 16 on April 15 — he is ...

In her new book “STAR,” Petra Collins, a photographer who helped shape the millennial aesthetic, lets us peek through her diffuse lens. In her new book “STAR,” Petra Collins, a photographer who helped ...

"It was born genuinely and with strong musical identity because it combines the best of two genres: dancehall and Afrobeat," says Gangsta. By Pamela Bustios Sr. Charts & Data Analyst (Latin & ...

On February 19, at the stated monthly meeting of North Star Lodge No. 241, Jack T. Collins was presented with his fifty year service emblem by Derrick P. Cross, District Deputy Grand Master. The lodge ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Dennis Doordan, an architectural and design historian, analyzes Los Angeles architecture through photographs Ansel Adams took ...

As a younger person, I was an Ansel Adams superfan. For most of a decade, I used the annual spiral-bound Ansel Adams engagement calendars to keep track of meetings and activities. I’d pore over the ...

Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who made up half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm duo Sly & Robbie and worked with artists including Bob Marley and Bob Dylan, has died. He was 73.