8/13/2023 0 Comments Reggy bob marley![]() ![]() Jamaica’s oscillating answer to the blues. As a hobby-like business venture he had set up a small scaleĭistribution network for ethnic records but he had a vision about the potential appeal of Mere curiosity were it not for the efforts of a white Anglo-Jamaican of aristocratic This music would probably have remained a The ska craze spread to London in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s and in the United Kingdom Or scratched them off so that rivals couldn’t keep up with the latest sounds. Competition grew so heated that D.J.’s covered up labels D.J.’s also gave themselves comic book nom de plumes like Princeīuster and Sir Coxsone Downbeat. speakers into a pickup truck and tour the island from hilltop to savanna, Practically overnight, ska spawned a major Jamaican industry, the Sound System, wherebyĮnterprising record shop D.J.’s with reliable U.S. ![]() Scratchin’ guitar strum that goes behind." To Me," says that the word was coined by musicians "to talk about the skat! skat! skat! Guitarist who backed up the Wailers on such ska classics as "Love and Affection" and "Cry Ernest Ranglin, the stellar jazz-rooted Jamaican Particularly in the ever-present horn section - and emerged around 1956 with a hybridĬoncoction christened ska. ![]() Took the nuts and bolts of the sound and melded them with energetic jazz conceits. Inspired by the oscillations in the signal from these far away radio stations.ĭuring this period, Jamaican bands began covering U.S. It is surmised that theĭelay effects which are an important part of the reggae/dub sound may have initially been Jelly Roll Morton, Champion Jack Dupree and Professor Longhair. Significant New Orleans artists of the time included Fats Domino, Stations or Miami’s powerful WINZ, whose playlists included records by Amos Milburn, Rosco WeatherĬonditions permitting they listened instead to the sinewy music being played on New Orleans Radio Jamaica Rediffusion (RJR) and the Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation (JBC). Harryĭuring the 1950’s Jamaican youth was turning away from the American pop foisted on them by In the late 40’s and early 50’s, Jamaican musicians beganĬombining the steel-pan and calypso strains with an indigenous mento beat (e.g. Post World War II saw the emergence of various Caribbean music forms, notably steel-pan Interest of American record labels such as Decca and Bluebird. The lilting, topical and frequently risqué songs were initially sung in anĪfrican-French patois but began to switch to English as the music began to attract the Dude (remix) – Beenie Man f/Ms.For decades, beginning in the 1920’s, the dominant music in the Caribbean was Trinidad-basedĬalypso.Welcome to Jam Rock – Damian “Gong” Marley.I’m Drinking (Rum & Redbull) – Beenie Man & Fambo.Anything Goes – C.N.N., Wayne Wonder & Lexxus.So Special – Mavado (Unfinished Business riddim).No Games – Serani (Unfinished Business riddim).You Don’t Love Me (Trojan Mix) – Dawn Penn (No No No riddim).Here Comes the Hotstepper – Ini Kamoze (Land of 1,000 Dances riddim).A Who Seh Me Dun – Cutty Ranks (Bam Bam riddim).Jook Gal (Wine Wine) (Remix) – Elephant Man f/Twista, Young Bloodz & Kiprich (Coolie Dance riddim).Have a Hot Gal – Shaggy (Showtime riddim).We Nuh Like – Spragga Benz (Showtime riddim).Action – Terror Fabulous f/Nadia Sutherland (Showtime riddim).Living Dangerously – Barrington Levy (Living Dangerously riddim).Murder She Wrote – Chaka Demus & Pliers (Bam Bam riddim).Limb by Limb – Cutty Ranks (Fever Pitch riddim).One love! 40 Songs for a Reggae Dance Party Play these songs loud with liberal doses of a blaring reggae horn!Īlso check out two free, downloadable (or streamable) reggae mixes by DJ Gregg Ambient following the tracklist. Reggae music is wonderful music, and perhaps the primary inspiration for booking my first trip to Jamaica in 2013! Special thanks to musical contributors to this playlist: DJ Greg Nice, DJ Iron Mike, DJ Spinz, DJ Allday and DJ Gregg Ambient. Roots reggae is a mellower branch of reggae that has not been highlighted in this blog. The list that follows primarily focuses on ‘dancehall’ reggae that features a beat or riddim, making it easy to dance to. For example, the well-known “Murder She Wrote” by Chaka Demus & Pliers relies on the “Bam Bam” riddim from Pliers’ track “Wat a Bom.” The name of the riddim tends to be the name of the original song from which it derived. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss top reggae dance floor fillers and our favorite reggae “riddims.” A “riddim” is a rhythmic pattern or groove that the emcee or vocalist sings over. City Weddings (Philadelphia / Manhattan)Īmbient DJs’ music mixologist DJs recently held a reggae music summit in the Princeton area. ![]()
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