In 1972, director-writer Perry Henzell released his Jamaican crime flick “The Harder They Come” with singer-songwriter Jimmy Cliff — then, a burgeoning reggae star — as its anti-hero lead actor. For ...

Ska, rocksteady, and reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff tells Rolling Stone that he’s currently finishing up his first album since 2012’s genuinely great, Tim Armstrong-produced Rebirth. It’s called Bridges, ...

With a career stretching back over 50 years, Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff is often known as the “Grandfather of Reggae”. Now the 78-year-old is using his first album in over a decade to shine a light ...

With his new EP 'Sacred Fire' just out and a full-length album on the way, reggae icon Jimmy Cliff visited Studio A for some conversation and with his acoustic guitar in hand. [Recorded: 11/30/11] ...

Keen to ensure that everyone who hears the album knows how they can support refugees, Cliff teamed up with his record label, Universal Music Enterprises, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. As a ...

Also represented this year: Work from Marlo Thomas, Louis Armstrong, Labelle, Jackson Browne, Phil Rizzuto and Kermit the Frog. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Iconic recordings from Janet Jackson, Louis ...

James Chambers took the name Jimmy Cliff to reference the heights he would climb as a musician, singer, and actor. Since Cliff’s birth during a hurricane in rural Jamaica, people believed he was ...

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Self Esteem recorded a cover of Jimmy Cliff’s “You Can Get It If You Really Want” for the BBC series This Town, which takes place in the ’80s UK music amid the two-tone ska revival. Self Esteem’s ...

Does the 1972 movie “The Harder They Come” need to be sanitized for the musical stage? This is the film that “brought reggae to the world,” according to the Los Angeles Times, and it starred the man ...