Long before Britains skinhead population embraced the sounds of Jamaican reggae in the late 1960s, their predecessors, the mods, took ska to their hearts.From the early 60s through to the summer of love, ska and its successor, rock steady, provided a regular portion...
Originally released by Trojan Records in1969, Duke Reid Golden Hits highlights a dozen of the legendary Jamaican producers biggest hits of the rock steady era. Although all of the tracks were alreadyoldies by the time the LP saw issue, such was their timeless...
Recent years have witnessed a significant resurgence of interest in Dub, a Reggae sub-genre developed in the early Seventies by a small number of talented sound engineers whose experimentation in sound took music beyond previously perceived limits.The style, which...
The mid-Seventies witnessed the rise of Roots Reggae, a style that went on to dominate Jamaican music until the close of the decade.Focusing upon the Rastafarian faith, political wrong-doings and cultural heritage, Roots Reggae also attracted an international...
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