Prior to playing Nashville's Cannery Hall, Maui-born Maoli highlighted why his Pacific Islands sound intersects with Nashville's country music scene.

“I got this unconditional love/ And it’s only for you, baby/ No else but you,” he croons over steady classic reggae guitars and drums — a perfect soundtrack to a breezy summer evenin ...

The wide, pulsations of an array of drums, and elaborate bass that define dub’s evolution of reggae would also come to benefit techno’s expansion in 1993 and beyond. German duo Basic Channel are ...

There’s different ways you can accent it depending on the way the drum is behind you, but that’s the basis of it,” he ...

Reggae with the bass taking charge, and drums as part of the melody, reflected this new Jamaica. Lyrics became more conscious and words of protest and revolution changed the vibe and identity of ...