REGGAE IS A GENRE OF POPULAR MUSIC THAT ORIGINATED OUT OF JAMAICA IN THE 1960S, MADE FAMOUS BY ARTISTS SUCH AS BOB MARLEY, PETER TOSH, AND JIMMY CLIFF. IT GREW OUT OF TRADITIONAL JAMAICAN MUSICAL STYLES SUCH AS SKA AND WAS HEAVILY ASSOCIATED WITH RASTAFARIANISM, A RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT THAT TOOK ROOT IN JAMAICA IN THE 1930S. SINCE THEN, REGGAE HAS BEEN A MUSICAL VOICE FOR JAMAICANS TO TELL THE WORLD ABOUT THEIR HISTORY, CULTURE, AND STRUGGLES IN A POLITICAL SYSTEM THAT HAD ENSLAVED AND MARGINALIZED MANY JAMAICANS. TO THIS DAY, A LOT OF REGGAE MUSIC HAS LYRICAL CONTENT THAT TOUCHES ON POLITICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES IN JAMAICA AND AROUND THE WORLD.
AS REGGAE IS SO SPECIFIC TO JAMAICA, IT’S WORTH EXPLORING ITS MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LEARNING HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM INTO OUR MUSIC. YOU MAY NOT WANT TO COMPOSE A WHOLE REGGAE TUNE, BUT YOU MAY FIND THAT LEARNING ABOUT A SPECIFIC GENRE IS A GREAT HELP IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT MUSIC, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, GROOVES.
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