61 years ago, a man named Duke Vin stowed away on a boat from Kingston to London. In Jamaica, he’d been a selector, spinning records on a prominent reggae sound system—a truck loaded with a generator, ...

Sound-system culture in the UK became a refuge for the children of Windrush who were searching for a foothold in an increasingly hostile country. Black people were 15 times more likely to be stopped ...

It’s hard to imagine a time when, come August Bank Holiday, the streets of Notting Hill haven’t been rammed with young revellers of all races and raving persuasions gorging on goat curry, ogling the ...

One of London's reggae pioneers is due to receive a blue heritage plaque ahead of this weekend's Notting Hill Carnival. Barrington Von Adams, better known as Daddy Vego, founded his People's Sound ...

On a Friday afternoon, the sun blazes down on a Mississauga truck yard. With less than 24 hours before Toronto’s annual Carnival parade, Freedom Mas hasn’t started building its sound system. The ...