Reggae music originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. According to Wikipedia: Stylistically, reggae incorporates some of the musical elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, mento (a celebratory, rural folk form that served its largely rural audience as dance music and an alternative to the hymns and adapted chanteys of local church singing), calypso, and also draws influence from traditional African folk rhythms.
That’s a lot. I can’t successfully interpret what all l of
the means, but can say this—the offbeat rhythms generated by Reggae drill
directly into the soul of me. No other
genre of music will set me to motion the way Reggae does. I immediately begin swaying upon hearing a
pure Reggae song.
Mo’ Kalamity is a French
singer-songwriter and Reggae artist. She
is, for me, a recent discovery. I have
selected one of her songs to represent Reggae.
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