Rocksteady explores roots on reggae in new film at Montreal jazz fest
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- Roots revival
- The big gigs: ur critics’ music picks
- SUNDS: Ky-Mani Marley gets own groove from dad’s reggae roots
Rocksteady explores roots on reggae in new film at Montreal jazz fest
Brandon Sun
“All of a sudden a big invention was created which was later on called reggae. Bader said his film has drawn comparisons with “Buena Vista Social Club” the acclaimed 1999 documentary on the legends of the Cuban music scene but he insists there is a significant difference in that his film looks more deeply at the era. “Reggae music is always social criticism and social history” he said. “The songs always reflect their times. By telling the story and history of rocksteady you also have to tell the story and history of Jamaica and the social context. Bader said the 1960s was an “extremely creative” period in Jamaica and thousands of songs were published in that time. “A lot of those songs which are now pop hits have emerged from that time” he said citing “The Tide Is High” – familiar to North Americans as a Blondie tune – and “Rivers of Babylon” as examples.
The Mile High Music Festival – what not to miss
Examiner.com
The guys that made music with Bob Marley in Jamaica in the 1970’s. Classic reggae music is like therapy a life coach and your best friend all rolled up into one. All rolled up? Get it? I was in Jamaica once and I asked the cab driver what a Rasta is.
Jonas Brothers plan your week!
Time ut New York
? ?He like crowd surfs? Kevin adds. People regard reggae music as having a certain spirituality he suggests; if a white person does it an audience wants them to be somehow ?spiritual. ? How does this play into the way Matisyahu is received? ?I think he?s a spiritual person in his own right? Kevin says. ?I think it?s a true heart it goes past practical religion. Compared to just ?I go to church I do this and that. ??? And Joe adds reggae artists have a story to tell??and he has a big story to tell how he came into the Hasidic world.
Reggae Legend Mabrak Signs New Record Deal With Tropical/sunset …
PRLog.rg (press release)
? ?I am very much looking ahead towards what will be a long relationship between Mabrak and Tropical. ? ?Plus I get another living legend signed to what is already an amazing label? states Lichterman about the newly signed distribution deal. 2009 celebrates another decade of Mabrak’s many years playing reggae music. The artist first debuted on the initial I Kong How Sweet It Is CD. I Kong is another legendary Tropical Records artist with his Forgotten Man CD being release this month on July 14th. Visit Mabrak’s official label website at www.
Roots revival
The Voice
Sandra’s latest recordings have appeared on SCM Records an acronym for Sandra Cross Music. Mafia & Fluxy The north London Heywood Brothers Leroy ‘ Mafia ‘ & Dave ‘Fluxy’ continue to form the mainstay of reggae music production in the UK and around the world. They have not stopped landing us with hits for more than 2 decades! Explains Mafia: ‘It all started in 1977 when I was 15. I loved reggae music. It was the time of the big sound systems I just had to be around the music I must have shown promise then as my mother bought me a £5 guitar which I got off through a school friend’. Meanwhile younger brother Fluxy loved the playing the turntables his uncle Ivan with the Wizard HiFi sound system.
The big gigs: ur critics’ music picks
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Toots Hibbert is to reggae what tis Redding was to R&B — a super-passionate sweaty singer who infuses his singing with gospel fervor. Look for Toots (there really aren’t any Maytals anymore) to explore 2007’s "Light Your Light" which featured Ray Charles’ "I Gotta Woman" and "Johnny Coolman" as well as guests Bonnie Raitt and Derek Trucks. pening is Minnesota’s long-lasting reggae champion Wain McFarlane.
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SUNDS: Ky-Mani Marley gets own groove from dad’s reggae roots
Jacksonville Patriot
They’d say “He’s just trying to be like his father. ” I’m an artist that likes variety. I make all kinds of music. My root is reggae and funny enough I don’t make a lot of reggae music. I have some acoustic some soft rock some hip-hop influences. And I pay tribute to my father. I always play a few of his songs.
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