*The global reggae community was shocked on the morning of April 2nd to learn that beloved NYC-based music impresario German Vera, or “Father German” (as he was better known throughout the ...

Public Eye's Brian Montopoli is writing weekly dispatches for CBSNews.com while living and working in Berlin as part of the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program. He will return to Public Eye in October.

WHILE it is important for us as a people to write our own history and tell of our experiences from our perspectives, we often make unflattering comments of outsiders who promote and highlight our ...

THOUSANDS of reggae enthusiasts descended at Kimisagara’s Maison des Jeunes, on November 13, for a Reggae concert dubbed ‘Jahcoustix, Jamal and Friends.’ Even the cold weather conditions did not deter ...

With stars like Gentleman, internationally renowned sound systems like Pow Pow and world-famous festivals like Summerjam, reggae has long since become a matter of course in Germany. In the space of ...

The German hip-hop/reggae band Seeed has signed an exclusive record deal with BMG in Berlin ahead of the release of their first new album in seven years. By Wolfgang Spahr The German hip-hop/reggae ...

GERMAN reggae star Gentleman is set to see the US release of his fifth studio album Diversity with reggae’s premier record label, VP Records, this year. The renowned international star first serves up ...

Reggae goes acoustic with Tilmann Otto alias Gentleman. This summer he recorded a concert for the well-known MTV Unplugged series in his home town of Cologne. The live album from the event jumped ...

A summer of music festivals is under way across Europe - and in Germany the reggae festival line-ups are attracting huge attention. But it is not just Jamaican artists filling the stages - many of the ...

Test your “J-dar” by briefly considering two modern reggae artists. Nasio Fontaine, the son of a Carib Indian mother and a father of African descent, has long locks and a stirring, world-weary voice.