Ronald Lynch and Michael Thompson explain sound system history at reggae club YAAM in Berlin. Their exhibition, "The Reggae Movement Sound System: From Jamaica to Europe 1950-1995," is now on tour ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Sound system aficionados are mourning the death of Walford ‘Father Wally’ Jibberson, the owner of Inner City Sound System which ruled the late 1980s and 1990s.

From Sir Coxsone to DJ Kool Herc, soundsystem culture has played a pivotal role in music's evolution. So before Red Bull Culture Clash Atlanta 2018, here's a brief history of the soundsystem.

The lineage of today's chart-topping hip-hop and, earlier, the international reggae scene can be traced back to the sound system culture that blossomed in Jamaica during the 1950s, 60s and 70s and ...

Beyond the confines of academia, she’s the chair of the Global Reggae Conference 2024, collaborating with Guinness to preserve Jamaica’s vibrant sound clash and sound system culture.

When Jamaica began making its own records, sound-system tastes would be the guide. Prince Buster and friends in 1967. Larry Ellis/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

Sound System Culture: A New Book Reveals Huddersfield’s Hidden Reggae History As part of our Sell Off series, discover the tiny UK town that was home to a thriving sound system scene in the post ...

One of the greatest collections of traditional sound systems will be “stringing up” in the Garden of England, offering a rare chance to experience a music form that is slowly being driven out ...

Rap's roots lie in the toasting traditions of Jamaica's sound-system live events, where DJs thrilled crowds with deliveries evolved in part from America's jive-talking radio stars.

News Liverpool News Black Communities 'When music hits, you feel no pain': the hidden history of Liverpool's reggae sound systems Young people turned a grant from the future King into a living ...

From Sir Coxsone to DJ Kool Herc, soundsystem culture has played a pivotal role in music's evolution. So before Red Bull Culture Clash 2017, here's a brief history of the soundsystem.