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LONG BEACH – Capleton, the controversial Jamaican reggae singer whose lyrics glorify killing gay people, has been booted off the bill of this weekend’s Ragga Muffins Festival, organizers said.

"Who likes roots music? Who's a roots lover?" asked dreadlocked master of ceremonies Spliff Skanking. It was a purely rhetorical question, seeing as how almost every single person in the Bill Graham ...

And a child shall lead them? A biblical citation seems doubly appropriate when approaching Matisyahu’s landmark performance at Sunday’s Ragga Muffins Festival at the Long Beach Arena, where the ...

The annual Ragga Muffins Festival hasn’t restored the “Bob Marley Day” that used to be part of its name, but for its 25th staging the reggae extravaganza has made a concerted move toward the classic ...