Tag Archives: Reggae-Pop

Showing off a multicultural membership, a sociopolitical agenda, along with a musical mixture of hip-hop, reggae, and Latin rhythms, Germany’s Culcha Candela certainly are a tough group to pigeonhole. Produced in Berlin in 2003, the group’s account reflects variety, with performers Larsito, Don Cali, and Lafrotino hailing from Columbia; vocalist …

Iconoclastic, enigmatic and angst-ridden are words utilized to describe previous front side man for the punk/thrash metallic group Poor Brains, H.R. (Ras Hailu Gabriel Joseph I). A devout Rastafarian, H.R.’s tunes, a seamless mixture of performing, rap and African chanting, demand interpersonal and financial equality and a finish to oppression …

From outside Jamaica, maker George Phang appeared to hurtle just like a comet over the mid-’80s. He was initially sighted in 1982, and burnt brightly, then faded out as the 10 years progressed. The reality, needless to say, was just a little different. Phang hailed from a family group long …

Alongside Buju Banton and Sizzla, Capleton spearheaded dancehall’s go back to reggae tradition, tackling Rastafarian religious themes and using traditional roots reggae being a musical foundation. Capleton was created Clifton George Bailey III on Apr 13, 1967, within the rural city of Islington, in Jamaica’s St. Mary parish. Capleton’s namesake …

Produced in 1995 by friends Manu Eveno (known as simply Manu) and Cyril Celestin (known as Guizmo), who acquired previously performed together in various other rings, Tryo got their name following Christophe Mali (who passed his last name) joined up with. The group composed reggae-inspired music for three guitars and …

Hailing from upstate NY, surely one of the most unlikely locales for a geniune reggae work, 10 Ft. Ganja Flower are a strange root base and dub collective and splinter band of the better-known Ithaca, NY-based eight-piece John Brown’s Body. Known for impromptu — seldom announced or marketed — concert …

UNDER-DEVELOPED are among the longest-lived reggae bands ever, and something of Jamaica’s most consistently well-known crossover acts among worldwide audiences. While these were long with the capacity of genuine root base reggae, they often preferred to combine in components of R&B, funk, pop, and rock and roll (and, down the …

Jamaican vocal group the Royals were founded in 1964 by singer and writer Roy Cousins, and the initial lineup contains Cousins, Errol Wilson, Keith Smith, and Berthram Johnson, even though Royals were completely Cousins’ baby, and he remains the only real constant through the entire group’s history. Their personal song, …

Abdel Wright was created in 1977 in Trinityville, St. Thomas, Jamaica. His solitary mother was psychologically unpredictable, and Wright was put into the custody from the condition when he was just nine months older, jumping from orphanage to orphanage until he finally finished up in the SOS Children’s Town in …

Blessed in New Orleans but raised in Bermuda, dancehall vocalist Collie Buddz was entranced with the urban music of his isle home. He preferred dancehall probably the most, but soca and hip-hop had been important too, which exploded out the audio speakers of his DJ sibling. His sibling was also …