Its incubators were the steamy dance-halls, overcrowded ghettos, and impoverished rural villages of Jamaica. Before it went airborne on the BBC, Reggae fever was spread by direct contact. As it spreads it adapts, evolves, replicates, and when it hits you, you feel no pain.įrom that breakout performance in London in 1973, Reggae has spread all over the world, adapting, evolving, and replicating. It is a vibrational virus whose DNA is composed of different musical and cultural influences unique to Jamaica.

To describe it would be to describe an abstract organism. It is the melodic embodiment of the soul of a place and its people.

Reggae is both the music and history of Jamaica. Bob Marley and the Wailers brought Reggae to the world and Reggae brought the world to Jamaica. Perfumed with the pungent aroma of cannabis clinging to their colorful clothing their hair dreaded like the manes of young conquering lions their soulful serenade a sound that few outside the Caribbean and West Indian immigrant communities had heard before. On the first of May 1973 in London England, on BBC’s TV music show The Old Grey Whistle Test, a vagabond band of Jamaican Rastafarian musicians made reggae music history by performing for the first time on British television. The History of Reggae Music – The Outbreak Reggae Steady Ska is a music magazine and community dedicated to the best ska music around the world.ĥ.1K ⋅ 4.“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain…” – Robert Nesta Marley She is the author of Ska: An Oral History, McFarland, 2010, with a foreword by Cedella Marley which was nominated for the ARSC Award for Excellence Don Drummond: The Genius and Tragedy of the World's Greatest Trombonist, McFarland, 2013, with a foreword by Delfeayo Marsalis.ĥ17 ⋅ 2 posts / quarter ⋅ Aug 2013 View Latest Posts ⋅ Get Email Contact 5. Heather Augustyn is a journalist and writing teacher living in Chesterton, one hour outside of Chicago. Subscribe to get recent updates about ska-punk genre.ġ00.3K ⋅ 170.5K ⋅ 1 post / month View Latest Posts ⋅ Get Email Contact 4. BrooklynVegan » SkaĪ NYC-based music blog providing show listings, pictures, up to date artist information, and more. It's made by a group of punk and hardcore kids from all the different sub-genres of the DIY hardcore scene.ģ94.2K ⋅ 109.6K ⋅ 2 posts / quarter View Latest Posts ⋅ Get Email Contact 3. The historic satire site was founded in December 1976. Just absorb the information as truth and move on.

The Hard Times is a very real punk news site that you should not question. The Duff Guide to Ska Album, Single, Book, and Gig Reviews!ģ.2K ⋅ 2 posts / week ⋅ Jan 2008 View Latest Posts ⋅ Get Email Contact 2. You should know that we are old school and prefer music in tangible formats (plus I might use your music when I DJ ska events).

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