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The Loudest Island in the World: A Brief History of Reggae Music
The Loudest Island in the World: A Brief History of Reggae Music
Music has always been an important factor in the lives of Jamaicans and other West Indians. As rock music's popularity spread around the world, virtually every nation had its own rock performers. Jamaica produced reggae music. By the 1950s Jamaican youth were more interested in listening to American music, widely heard by radio stations in the US south, and sound systems.
Reggae rhythms are tremendously complex, the music features songs about poverty, politics, and Rastafarianism, the Jamaica based religious cult. It is a combination of traditional African rhythms, American rhythm and blues and Jamaican folk. The style is strictly Jamaican and includes offbeat rhythms, up-stroke guitar strums, chanted vocal patterns and lyrics.
Reggae's direct fo...
The Loudest Island in the World: A Brief History of Reggae Music
Music has always been an important factor in the lives of Jamaicans and other West Indians. As rock music's popularity spread around the world, virtually every nation had its own rock performers. Jamaica produced reggae music. By the 1950s Jamaican youth were more interested in listening to American music, widely heard by radio stations in the US south, and sound systems.
Reggae rhythms are tremendously complex, the music features songs about poverty, politics, and Rastafarianism, the Jamaica based religious cult. It is a combination of traditional African rhythms, American rhythm and blues and Jamaican folk. The style is strictly Jamaican and includes offbeat rhythms, up-stroke guitar strums, chanted vocal patterns and lyrics.
Reggae's direct fo...
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