Mento at the Half Moon resort in Jamaica. Nearly everyone who travels to Jamaica has heard of Bob Marley and reggae music, but far fewer know about mento, the traditional folk music of rural Jamaica ...

Can a septuagenarian Jamaican mento group called The Jolly Boys, who once played for Errol Flynn and are now covering songs by Iggy Pop and Amy Winehouse, bring success to the just-launched GeeJam Re… ...

Experience the sounds of traditional Jamaican mento music and its role in celebrating the island’s cultural identity. Discover how this historic genre continues to connect people through music. #Jamai ...

The stirring presentation of the Tallawah Mento Band on the coded communication messaging of folk and mento music struck a key note at the recent Marcus Garvey Symposium in Limon, Costa Rica. The ...

It’s one of the original forms of Jamaican folk music — and Mento still remains on the music scene today. Usually comprising a small band featuring a guitar, a rhumba box, drums and a banjo, Jamaican ...

A dozen years ago, finding Jamaican mento music from the 1950s was nearly impossible. The pre-ska, acoustic calypso music -- which can still be heard on the island's resorts and tourist spots -- was ...

Mento is a style of Jamaican music that predates and has heavily influenced ska and reggae. The Jolly Boys is a mento band from Port Antonio, Jamaica that has been playing these folksy Jamaican tunes ...

“Mento is the word, mento is the world,” says Minott. “Mento is a whirl of music coming from the cane field. Every other music come off mento in Jamaican style, and that’s why I stick to my mento, and ...

An interactive performance lesson exploring Mento music and its influence on reggae’s rhythms and harmony. Students explore Mento, a fusion of African and European influences that predated reggae.