This week: late reggae and dancehall icon U-Roy gets a terrific sendoff; A Place to Bury Strangers are both more raw and more melodic than usual on their new EP; Broken Social Scene‘s Kevin Drew goes ...

The first posthumous release from U-Roy, known as the "Godfather of dancehall," was released on Friday. Boasting features from artists including Shaggy, Santigold, and Ziggy Marley, who appears on ...

U-Roy – born Euwart Beckford – had been testing his skills as a DJ since the early Sixties. His initial inspiration was Count Macuki who, from the late Fifties, had performed with Tom Wong’s and ...

A posthumous album from the dancehall icon U-Roy has been announced. It’s called Solid Gold U-Roy and it arrives July 16 via Trojan Jamaica/BMG. The LP features a string of guest stars, including ...

Mick Jones of The Clash is on the new album by iconic Jamaican toaster U-Roy. Jones is on the 15 minute closing track "Every Knee Shall Bow," along with Big Youth.

Kingston, Jamaica born-and-bred vocalist Ewart Beckford, better known as the reggae artist U-Roy, died on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at his home in Jamaica. He was 78 years old. An influential singer of ...

U-Roy, the influential reggae artist who specialized in the art of toasting and whose style became a key precursor in the early development of hip-hop, has died at the age of 78. The singer and ...

Reports have emerged that hugely influential reggae and dancehall icon U-Roy, real name Ewart Beckford, has passed away at the age of 78. His longtime collaborator Neil Fraser, aka Mad Professor, ...

Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford, who transformed the Jamaican art of toasting, or deejaying, from a sound system phenomenon into a hit-making art form that deeply influenced generations of dancehall artists as ...

Kingston, Jamaica born-and-bred vocalist Ewart Beckford, better known as the reggae artist U-Roy, died on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at his home in Jamaica. He was 78 years old. An influential singer of ...