PAIA, Hawaii (AP) - An ukulele player at a Hawaii coffee shop sang the duet of a lifetime with reggae artist Matisyahu, all the while completely oblivious to his famous singing partner's identity.

PAIA, Hawaii (CBS SF/AP) — A ukulele player at a Hawaii coffee shop sang the duet of a lifetime with reggae artist Matisyahu, all the while completely oblivious to his famous singing partner's ...

Once known as the stage-diving Hasidic reggae star with a long beard, side curls, and yarmulke, Matisyahu has crossed musical genres and appearances over the last decade. His music continues to be an ...

After being thrown out of festivals, dropped by his manager and railed against by anti-Israel mobs, reggae star Matisyahu says the backlash over his support for the Jewish state hasn’t slowed him down ...

Reggae artist Matisyahu has had the House of Blues in Chicago cancel his scheduled performance Friday because of the “threat of protests.” Matisyahu said that House of Blues had canceled the show and ...

Following a barrage of criticism, organizers of an international reggae festival in Spain backtracked Wednesday and apologized for cancelling a concert by Jewish-American singer Matisyahu because he ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It's not easy being a big celebrity in a close-knit Orthodox Jewish community. Hasidic reggae star Matisyahu, who achieved unlikely pop success in 2005 with the single "King ...

Matisyahu, the Hasidic reggae singer, only recently found his way to Jamaica — the wellspring for his chosen form of music. “Not to offer stereotypes,” he says, “but the guy who was fixing the light ...

Critics aren't supposed to cry at concerts. But I did. Listening to reggae artist Matisyahu perform, I cried. In a Midwestern city, in the heat of midsummer dusk, standing midway between the stage and ...

Not every musician can keep up with Matisyahu’s mind-bending blend of genres: Rap, rock, dub, hip-hop and reggae — all mashed together with a heaping dose of beatboxing and Jewish spirituality, to ...