Jamaican reggae artist Protoje - who graced The Bowl stage at WOMAD Aotearoa this year - speaks to Kadambari Raghukumar in ...

Reggae artist Proteje who graced The Bowl stage at WOMAD Aotearoa this year, speaks to Kadambari Raghukumar in this episode ...

This style of Jamaican folk music was popular in the 1950s. Like calypso it is strophic in form and has light-hearted lyrics accompanied by offbeat chords on guitar and banjo, as can be heard in ...

Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in Trinidad, the sound of Mento can be traced back to the convergent ...