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mercredi 17 février 2016

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By George Brooks


This is basically a popular music genre which originated in Jamaica in 1960s. The term that refers to the music categorically denotes a specific music genre, which was influenced immensely by traditional calypso and mento music. Alongside that, other music that influenced its inception includes American jazz, rhythm and blues. This music incorporates some elements, stylistically. Reggae New York has grown to earn a huge listening, and most people not only in New York but I the whole world, subscribe to the music.

Its massive growth can be further supported by the fact that it has been able to spread in many countries across the globe, more often than not incorporating local instruments, fusing with other music genres and styles. For example, Reggae en Espanola spread from South America Caribbean, from Guyana and Venezuela, to the whole of South America.

One of the strategies that the early founders upheld is promoting diversity in the music. For example, they ensured inclusion and incorporation of other languages and instrumentals, as well as other themes from various parts of the globe. This is with the ultimate intention of popularizing the music across the national, racial and religious divides.

Subsequently, the music started dominating the entertainment front in all states. It slowly by slowly became acclaimed in Mexico, specifically Veracruz. Reputable bands with regards to Jarocho type of reggae include Xalapa Los Agues. Southern Cone has produced many recognized bands in Latin America, like the Argentinian Los Cafre band, Chilean group, alongside Gondwana. In addition to this list, is Puerto Ricans band. All these greatly contributed to the prominence of the music.

In the United States of America, bands like Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, and Soja among others, are regarded very influential and progressive bands, and are sometimes called Cali Reggae, or also Pacific Dub. The American reggae front or scene is basically heavily centered in Southern California, with huge following in New York City, Chicago, Washington D. C, Miami and also Honolulu.

In Africa, this form of music became largely popular following the visit of the reggae king himself, Bob Marley. His visit to Zimbabwe in 1980 tremendously facilitated the acknowledgement and acceptance of that music in the African continent, and till today, the love for this music has not dwindled, but is doubling by the day.

Popularity for such music actually gained momentum through icons like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and also Bunny Wailer. They fostered the growth of the music fundamentally, and together formed a band called The Wailers, through which the music spread largely. The band grew to be the most influential and recognized music bands, and it made the transition across all the three stages of traditional Jamaican popular music, namely rocksteady, reggae and ska.

This beautiful music then progressively became more popular, and this saw its bubble at the top of US Billboard Hot 100, in the year 1972. Other renowned or good artists who massively enjoyed international recognition and appeal in the 1980s are Third World, Sugar Minot and Black Uhuru, among others. All these legends propelled the genre to its glory, in the whole of the world. In fact, Grammy Awards made the introduction of Grammy Awards for Best Reggaes Album, in 1985.




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