Matthew McCarthy upcycles vinyl, showcasing Jamaican music aesthetic ...
WEBMay 4, 2024 · Music aficionados might cringe at McCarthy’s alteration of the classic music storage medium, but the artist sees it as highlighting its beauty. During his creative process, he describes his appreciation of vinyl, and his resolve for upcycling and preserving the instrument in a creative way hardened.
The 21 Best Reggae Songs of 2020 (So Far) - Jamaicans.com
WEBFrom Lover’s rock to dancehall to conscious reggae the music addressed the issues of today, while striving to lift our spirits in a year many want to forget. Here are the 21 reggae songs that I could not stop playing so far this year.
Dancehall - Wikipedia
WEBDancehall music, also called ragga or dub, is a style of Jamaican popular music that had its genesis in the political turbulence of the late 1970s and became Jamaica's dominant music in the 1980s and ’90s.
5 characteristics of reggae music - Blog - Splice
WEBJan 26, 2023 · 1. Vocal Style. Since reggae originated from Jamaica, the Jamaican accent and “singjay”—a distinctive style that combines singing and toasting—are evident in most reggae music. Lyrically, much of reggae music comes from a deep sense of animosity and the need for survival and to be fighters.
The Evolution of Jamaican Music: A Journey Through Reggae's …
WEBReggae, synonymous with Jamaican music, is a vibrant mosaic of styles, encompassing the folk-inspired Mento of the 1950s, the soul-stirring Jamaican Gospel, the upbeat rhythms of Ska, the smooth melodies of Rocksteady, and the anthemic Festival Songs.
Design Legacy: A Social History Of Jamaican Album Covers
WEBJul 29, 2011 · This cover actually dates from 1973, but it typifies one way in which Jamaican music had tried to package itself since the beginning of the ska period: music with a light-skinned face (Lee was Chinese-Jamaican), playing for a light-skinned audience.
All About Jamaican Music Genres and Artists - LiveAbout
WEBApr 17, 2018 · Jamaica's influence on music has spread throughout the world and has manifested in many different ways. Most everyone is familiar with Jamaica's reggae, but other musical styles credited to Jamaica include mento, ska, rocksteady, and dancehall. Jamaica's influence is omnipresent on pop music charts from around the world.
Reggae Aesthetics - Encyclopedia.com
WEBThough the 1950s and 1960s saw the emergence of Wilson Harris and Kamau Brathwaite, who began to usher in a solid "Caribbean literary aesthetic," it was not until reggae surfaced in the late 1960s that Jamaica and the wider Caribbean finally got "an artistic form that has a distinctively postcolonial aesthetic" (p. 17). "Exploring literary ...
6 - Reggae: the Aesthetic Logic of a Diasporan Culture
WEBOct 8, 2020 · Like much of Jamaican popular culture, reggae is a ‘syncretic’ form that draws upon African and European forms. Percussion, rhythm and a counter-ideological aesthetic of Afrocentricity are drawn from African musical discourses, while from Europe come vocal styles, lyrical content and melodic and harmonic structures.
Where I’m Coming From: 60 Years of Jamaican Music in 60 Songs
WEBAug 6, 2022 · In the 60 years since Jamaica achieved its independence from England, on Aug. 6, 1962, the tiny Caribbean nation has created some of the world’s most influential musical styles, including ska,...