Jimmy Cliff helped introduce reggae to international audiences through film, covers, and label partnerships. Songs like "Vietnam" and "The Harder They Come" connected music to global protest movements ...
"Everyone at some point asks 'Who am I? Why am I here? What am I going to do?'" Jimmy Cliff once mused, talking about the broad appeal of "Many Rivers to Cross." The artist, who'd had hits in Jamaica ...
NEW YORK – The story of Jimmy Cliff, who has died at age 81, is in part the story of reggae itself. Like so many Jamaican teens of his time, he moved to Kingston in the early 1960s and joined a rising ...
A giant of Jamaican music, he gained international renown through the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” and helped establish reggae’s themes of struggle, resistance and uplift. By Ben Sisario Much ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. FILE - Jamaican musician, singer and actor Jimmy Cliff performs during the Timbre Rock and Roots concert on ...
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