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Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, “Do the Reggay”, was the first popular song to use the word reggae, effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as by American jazz and rhythm and blues, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political commentary. It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section. The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rocksteady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument.
THIRD WORLD - THE REGGAE AMBASSADORS Celebrating 47 years, THIRD WORLD is one of the longest-lived Reggae bands of all time, and one of Jamaica's most consistently popular crossover acts among international audiences. Mixing in elements of R&B, funk, pop, and rock and, later on, dancehall and rap, Third World’s style has been described as "reggae-fusion". With 9 Grammy nominations and catalog of charted smash hits, including (“Now That We […]
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Bob Marley: The Smooth Sound of Reggae Meets Yacht Rock Few artists have changed popular music as profoundly as Bob Marley. As the legendary frontman of Bob Marley & The Wailers, Marley introduced reggae to a global audience while becoming one of the most influential songwriters and cultural icons of all time. Although best known for reggae, many of Bob Marley's recordings feature the relaxed grooves, soulful melodies, polished musicianship, […]
