Aussie musicians in running for $20,000 prize on taboo song topic

Thirty of Australia’s top musicians are vying for a $20,000 prize in what’s often considered a topic too taboo for the ...

Jimmy Cliff’s 10 Best Songs: Staff Picks

Our list of the 10 best songs by the reggae legend, from "Dearest Beverley" to "I Can See Clearly Now." Few names are as synonymous with reggae music as Jimmy Cliff. The Grammy-winning artist, whose ...
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Protest music has no age limit — just ask the singers in Young@Heart

For much of her life, Rosie Caine played the harp in traditional Irish music groups. Born and raised in a small town midway between Dublin and Belfast, she moved to Massachusetts in the early 1970s ...

The 100 best Christmas songs of all time, ranked

For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from ...

6 notable songs from Jimmy Cliff, the reggae star who has died at 81

The story of Jimmy Cliff, who has died at age 81, is in part the story of reggae itself. Like so many Jamaican teens of his ...
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Jimmy Cliff, reggae legend who sang 'The Harder They Come,' dies at 81

Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and ...

Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film ‘The Harder They Come,’ dead at 81

Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many ...