Mento at the Half Moon resort in Jamaica. Nearly everyone who travels to Jamaica has heard of Bob Marley and reggae music, but far fewer know about mento, the traditional folk music of rural Jamaica ...

An interactive performance lesson exploring Mento music and its influence on reggae’s rhythms and harmony. Students explore Mento, a fusion of African and European influences that predated reggae.

It originated on a small Carribean island and grew to become a global phenomenon recognised as a cultural institution by UNESCO, the story of reggae's success is closely entwined with the history of ...

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 ...

Reggae music became popular in the late 1960s, when young people were excited about it and gravitated to the new sound. The artists were mainly grass-roots people who used their voices to articulate a ...

KUDOS are in order for the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association (JaRIA) for a well-produced concert which kicked off the Reggae Wednesdays series which will run through February. To name a headliner ...