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 ...

MONTEGO BAY, St James — “It makes you want to dance! I think so. It sums up the vibrancy of Jamaica’s culture and music,” ...

Bob Dylan brought protest music to the masses back in the 1960s, but he pointed to reggae progenitor Jimmy Cliff as having written the greatest protest anthem.

In 1970, Jimmy Cliff found himself at a crossroads. At the age of 26, the Jamaican singer-songwriter was already one of the pioneers and rising stars of reggae, having enjoyed top 10 hits in the ...

Jimmy Cliff celebrated his 80th birthday on July 30. The influential Jamaican singer/songwriter is considered one of the music artists who helped introduce reggae to the world. The song appeared ...

In the late ’60s and early ’70s it spread like an inkblot across the globe as new superstars Jimmy Cliff and later Bob Marley had hits with the music’s exotic sound, uncompromising lyrics ...

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 ...

Jimmy Cliff - who cuts such classic reggae singles as The Harder They Come, Many Rivers To Cross and You Can Get It If You Really Want It back in the 60s and 70s - says he has always been an outsider.

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 ...