Modern smooth jazz might owe more to contemporary pop and R&B than it does to traditional jazz music, but it remains one of the most enduring radio formats in modern music. This week's List presents a  …

We admit we haven't done all of the research to back this up, but we're guessing there are more words out there to describe money than words to describe love. What does this mean? It means: it truly is …

Tiny though it is, Jamaica cranks out more records per capita than any other country in the world, so it's no massive shock that Bob Marley was beaten to the U.S. Pop charts. Desmond Dekker, his …

In the '50s Jamaica was so cut off from the rest of the world that the only roots music available was the local mento (a kind of pre-ska calypso), and Jamaican boogie. But the young Bob Marley < …