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Part II: The Evolution of Jamaican Music: From Revivalism to Reggae In the late 1960s, Jamaica was blessed with a variety of talented musician with and blended different beats of music and recorded their musical re like Dynamic Sounds and Treasure Isle.

So, while rocksteady, with its smooth rhythmic beat and melodious lyric more pulsating and energetic sound of ska in 1967, by 1969 another new replaying the rocksteady genre. The new beat would become the pheno There is no definitive account of where the name reggae originated from from a 1968 single, “Do the Reggay” by the group Toots and the Maytals reggae icon Bob Marley said the word reggae came from a Spanish term have some accuracy as in Latin the word regi means “to the king.” Whatever the source of the name, the fact is that within a short time th on Jamaica’s musical scene. Reggae had a distinctive sound, heavy on the beat of the guitar and piano of the traditional Jamaican musical genres of mento, ska, and American j Like its predecessor, ska, reggae when played immediately summoned pe reggae had a similar effect on the local population as calypso had on the And if one wasn’t dancing to reggae, the new genre, like calypso, evoked several reggae songs performed by artists like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, th were strong social commentaries that served to motivate people who w for their upward social mobility. Somehow, reggae attracted singers, men and women, who were affiliated Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, which created a societal conundrum in some uptown Jamaicans tended to turn up their noses, not so much at t the sound, but the music grew to so much in popularity that the societa There is little doubt that the music and lyrics of reggae orchestrated cha 1970s—something quickly identified by the emerging populist leaders lik Seaga in the 1970s. Manley came to power in 1972, riding on the rhythm

Must Come” by Delroy Wilson, which he chose as the People National campaigns, the hit, “My Leader Born Ya” boasting his Jamaican roots com Also, in the mid-1970s, when political violence threatened to destabilize reggae for a solution and sought Bob Marley and several other reggae a Peace Concert held at the National Stadium in Kingston. And, Seaga who had a keen understanding of Jamaican music and musici the lives of impoverished Jamaicans, used reggae and other forms of trad and his politics to the Jamaican working class. Although reggae has had great singers like Marley, Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Gre others, it also produced great musicians. These included bass guitarists l Marley and the Wailers, Lloyd Brevett from The Skatalites, Lloyd Knibb Grennan, Sly Dunbar, Anthony “Benbow” Creary from The Upsetters, World. Several reggae sounds also featured organ shuffle sound mastere Mittoo and Winston Wright. Emergence in Jamaica Reggae began to take over from ska in the late 1960s with hits like Larr Beltones’ “No More Heartaches,” and Lee “Scratch” Perry’s “People Fu spread overseas with the legendary English group The Beatles recording a distinct reggae beat. The Wailers, with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, grew in popularity, and em association with Lee Perry’s studio artistry with early reggae hits like “D The Wailers remained strong on the Jamaican reggae scene and in colla Blackwell’s Island Records, broke reggae firmly on the international scen “Catch A Fire” in 1972. The Wailers went on to release more great hits Up” and “I Shot The Sheriff,” which was also covered by British singer

produced another classic album, Natty Dread, released in 1975, featuring Woman, No Cry” and “Rebel Music.” The group split in 1975, with Tosh going solo, and became known as Bo background harmony provided by the female trio—The I-Threes (Rita M Griffiths). Tosh became a legend in his own night with hits like “Buckingham Palace Africa,” while Marley rose to iconic reggae status with hit after hit includ Cap Fit,” “War,” “One Love,” “Redemption Song,” “Exodus,” and later s reggae love songs like “Waiting in Vain,” and “Is This Love.” There are too many outstanding reggae artists to include in this limited made of the Third World Band that emerged in the mid-1970s with a d sound produced by a talented group including, Ritchie Daley, Steven “Ca Irvin “Carrot: Jarett, Willie Stewart (renowned drummer now stationed Bunny Rugs. The groups many hits like, “Now That We’ve Found Love,” “Try Jah Love” were intensely popular in Jamaica and globally. The band

International popularity One of the reasons for the lasting popularity of the genre is its influenc international artists had Reggae hits. These artists included First Three hit “Black and White in” 1972; Johnny Nash’s hit, “I Can See Clearly No Child Reunion” also in 1972. Reggae’s international influence would spread in 1973 onwards with the starring Jamaican singer turned actor Jimmy Cliff. The movie was shown introducing Jamaican culture, specifically reggae.

Over the years, reggae has grown in popularity in countries like Japan, E several African countries, and spawned a hybrid sound called reggaeton America. A powerful indication of the international influence of reggae was that i introduced the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album category. In February 2008, then-Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding sanction Jamaica, and in February 2008 the Recording Industry Association of Jam Academy Awards. In November 2018, remarkably, the genre was added to the UNESCO‘s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, recognizing that reggae’s “con on issues of injustice, resistance, love, and humanity underscores the dyn once cerebral, socio-political, sensual and spiritual.”...