mercredi 24 février 2016

Reasons That Facilitated The Growth 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.

Its massive growth can be further supported by the fact that it has been able to spread in many countries across the globe, more often than not incorporating local instruments, fusing with other music genres and styles. For example, Reggae en Espanola spread from South America Caribbean, from Guyana and Venezuela, to the whole of South America.

This was called Reggae en Espanola. The fusion of other music styles into the music, made it popular to wider audiences, and like in this case, it had no specifications and was largely dominated by artists in this field who were affiliated to Latin America.

It is worth noting, in this regard, the expansion of such music in South America due to the fusion and merger of Spanish content in the music, to produce a particular type of music called reggae en Espanola. Because of the Spanish-dominated Guyana alongside Venezuela, the population loved the inclusivity of their language in a their music version.

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.

In Africa, this form of music became largely popular following the visit of the reggae king himself, Bob Marley. His visit to Zimbabwe in 1980 tremendously facilitated the acknowledgement and acceptance of that music in the African continent, and till today, the love for this music has not dwindled, but is doubling by the day.

The mushrooming of other vocal and highly influential music groups in United States also played a critical role in promoting the music in question. Commonly termed as Cali Reggae or alternatively Pacific Dub, the groups largely led to the acceptance and appreciation of the amazing music, across all states thereof. Major cities that the good music has incessant popularity include Miami, Washington D. C, Chicago and New York. This is endorsed by the fact that there are numerous night clubs that only play the beautiful music in the named cities, both on daily basis and others on monthly basis.

Through the influence enjoyed by these early reggae gods, this type of music intensely progressed and continued winning huge audiences, to date. They bagged numerous awards, and were also included in the prestigious Grammy Awards. Until today, the music is astonishingly loved and enjoyed by large masses of people all over.




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