Who Should Have Won the Reggae Grammy? Can you believe the Grammy Awards are almost here?  We asked M. Peggy Quattro, Reggae Report founder and publisher, to review the list of nominees from 1985 when the Reggae Grammy award was established through to this year (2011) and give us her picks for "Who Should Have Won the Reggae Grammy? Feel free to comment on the picks.

50 Years of Unforgettable Jamaican Music Jamaica's charm and magnetism has not only been acquired through the Island's beauty and warm people, but through the range and variety of Jamaican Musicians and their music. A visit to Jamaica becomes noteworthy because of its ambience, and the various forms of musical entertainment. Every memory that Tourists may harbor are usually serenaded by Jamaican sounds and rhythms.

Reggae (or is it Pop?) - The 2011 Grammy Nominations for Best Reggae Album So….The Recording Academy has announced the nominations for its most prestigious awards—for the 54th staging of the Grammy Awards!  Is it just me or do the nominations in the category of Reggae keep getting more and more ridiculous?  Is it me or do these nominations not reflect the truth in the “Reggae Music Industry” whatsoever?  Let’s take a closer look!

Our Picks: Top 10 Reggae Songs of All Time Here are our picks of the top 10 reggae songs of all times based on lyrical content, song popularity and world market penetration. Any list of top reggae songs could be exhaustive and filled with songs by Bob Marley, so we have compiled a list of our top 10.  Be sure to add your favorites to this list. During the year leading up to Jamaica’s 50th Independence on August 6, 2012, each week we’ll be compiling a list of things celebrating Jamaican foods, music, culture, people and more.

Reggae: The bastard child of the music industry “Marley dominates the Billboard reggae chart” was the jubilant Jamaican Gleaner headline being shared with the Facebook JA diaspora.  An article lauding the talent of the Marley family with congratulatory glee as they continue to ride on the top of the reggae charts. Take a look at the Billboard Reggae charts; you will find them shoved at the bottom of the page under the ‘additional Charts/Genres’ stuck between “New Age” and “Soundtracks”. Sure enough, Damian/NAS are number one, Stephen at number three and Ziggy at number four.

Our Top 50 Picks of Jamaican Ska Songs During the year leading up to Jamaica’s 50th Independence Day on August 6, 2012, every week we’ll be compiling a list of things celebrating Jamaican foods, music, culture, people and more. We begin with our picks of the Top 50 Ska songs (not in any order). Feel free post your comments with your top Jamaican Ska songs.

Remembering David “Smiley Culture” Emanuel David Emanuel may be a rather non-descript name, but if you have any British connections or affiliations with London’s music scene in the 1980’s the name David Emanuel immediately evokes memories of the cheeky Cockney with the megawatt grin.  Smiley Culture, as he was more popularly known, died under tragic and suspicious circumstances on March 15, 2011 at his Warlingham, Surrey home.