Spread the love Reggae, with its rich history and profound influence on global music culture, has produced countless ...
The Roots of Reggae is a musical journey to Jamaica's Golden Age of music, Rocksteady. The film features the music and stories of the legendary singers and musicians of the Rocksteady era.
The affection between Sting and Shaggy is palpable from the moment they sit down together. When the two prolific recording ...
But the beginnings of Polish reggae were much milder. One of the first traces of Jamaican music culture in Poland dates back to the 1960s. Jamaican calypso, rocksteady, ska and reggae records reached ...
Jackie Mittoo is widely regarded as the godfather of Canadian reggae. Already a well-established songwriter and keyboardist in Kingston, Jamaica, he brought his rocksteady rhythms north when he ...
Reggae's roots, springing from the social upheaval ... Music mirrored this and Rocksteady, a slower paced sound, grew in popularity. Musicians would turn to old-fashioned love songs, and singers ...
A lot of West Indian community, strong calypso and stuff like that. STING: Ska, blue beat, rocksteady, reggae. SHAGGY: On paper, it looks weird, Shaggy and Sting. But you come and catch a show or ...