By George Brooks


Needless to say, this type of music has resounding popularity in all parts of the globe, in equal capacities. Its growth is significant in all areas worldwide, undoubtedly. Historians of music say that the genre traces its roots back in the late 1960s, from Jamaica. Traditional vocals and instruments that were embodied in making such a music include rhythms, blues and Americas Jazz. The music entails some stylistically-structured elements, to produce quality music with a message to listeners. Reggae New York, hitherto, has received massive acclaim globally, with citizenry proclaiming their love for the particular music.

There are arrays of factors that amplified the immensity of the reggae scene, since the early days. The founders of the music were overly vocal and sensational, and this contributed greatly to the said growth. They set impeccable foundations for the younger generations, who headed to the calls of their predecessors in a bid to ensure continuity and further success for the music landscape.

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 U.SA, certain factors also led to the bushfire spread of genre of this type. One of the key factors is the strong and influential groups or bands that sprung up. They were commonly referred to as Pacific Dub, or otherwise Cali Reggae. America strongholds in of the genre are based in South California, and notable acclamation in mammoth cities like Miami, Chicago, Washington DC, Honolulu, and New York.

For many decades, Hawaiian reggae has won massive popularity in Hawaii islands, and also at the West Coast of America. Of late, Matisyahu has gained prominence because of how it sensationally blends traditional Jewish themes, with this kind of music genre.

The basic mentioning of the word reggae sends signals of certain icons that made basically this music what it is today. These include the celebrated late Bob Marley, Gregory Isaacs, John Holt, Eric Donaldson, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, among dozens of others. Some of them even went ahead and merged, which led to the inception of the Wailers group, which led to great revolutions in the music landscape, and impacted immensely in the history of the music.

It would be unfair to fail to mention some reggae kings and icons of all times. The likes of Lucky Dube, Bob Marley, John Holt, Dan Carlos, Gregory Isaacs, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Eric Donaldson, all late, indefatigably brought radical changes in this kind of music scope, and music fanatics respect them for making the sensational music great and forever relevant.




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