Saturday, February 27, 2016

The Origin And Spread Of Reggae New York

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.

There are arrays of factors that amplified the immensity of the reggae scene, since the early days. The founders of the music were overly vocal and sensational, and this contributed greatly to the said growth. They set impeccable foundations for the younger generations, who headed to the calls of their predecessors in a bid to ensure continuity and further success for the music landscape.

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.

The music also has a notable presence in Veracruz in Mexico. Some of the most reputed Jarocho reggae group includes Los Agues, from Xalapa. Examples of the most famous and popular groups of this genre across Latin Americas usually come from Southern Cone, for example Chilean band, Argentinian Los Cafres band, and Gondwana. Puerto Rican is a band that is also noteworthy, in the region.

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.

For a multitude of decades now, Hawaiians have had considerable craving and love for Hawaiian reggae, and this has spread to the entire of America west coast. In recent years, also, Matisyahu has also had great impact to the citizenry, majorly because of the inclusion or merging of Jewish vocals and themes, with reggae.

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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