It originated on a small Carribean island and grew to become a global phenomenon recognised as a cultural institution by ...

How a teenage gospel singer from Kingston became one of Jamaica’s boldest, cheekiest voices, and helped carry a musical culture all the way from the slave plantations into reggae.

Mento takes centre stage in this year’s Groundation series organised by the Jamaica Music Museum. For curator and director of the museum, Herbie Miller, the decision to focus on mento — one of the ...

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… ...

JOURNALISTIC rivalries were set aside as fiercely competitive practitioners freely chit chat and mingled over drinks at a Mento Night Media Party held on the lawns of Jamaica House in St Andrew on ...

Before reggae, rock steady, or even ska, mento ruled Jamaica's musical consciousness. Originally a rural folk music, coalesced from African and European influences, mento took on a more modern tenor ...

From reggae and soca to merengue and bouyon, here’s how these musical genres have shaped the region’s culture and influenced ...

Veteran Bakersfield Latin ska reggae group Mento Buru has released “Skalloween,” a six-song EP of reimagined Halloween music classics originally recorded and released by Bakersfield music icons Buck ...

For its latest release, local Latin ska reggae group Mento Buru pays tribute to country legend Merle Haggard and his final recording, "Kern River Blues." The new five-song EP "Kern River Blues" is no ...