Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word "reggae", effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional mento as well as American jazz and rhythm and blues, especially the New Orleans R&B practiced by Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint, and evolved out of the earlier genres ska and rocksteady. Reggae usually relates news, social gossip, and political commentary. Reggae spread into a commercialized jazz field, being known first as "rudie blues", then "ska", later "blue beat", and "rock steady". It is instantly recognizable from the counterpoint between the bass and drum downbeat and the offbeat rhythm section. The immediate origins of reggae were in ska and rocksteady; from the latter, reggae took over the use of the bass as a percussion instrument.Reggae is deeply linked to Rastafari, an Afrocentric religion which developed in Jamaica in the 1930s, aiming at promoting Pan Africanism. Soon after the Rastafarian movement appeared, the international popularity of reggae music became associated with and increased the visibility of Rastafarianism spreading the Rastafari gospel throughout the world. Reggae music is an important means of transporting vital messages of Rastafarianism. The musician becomes the messenger, and as Rastafarians see it, "the soldier and the musician are tools for change."Stylistically, reggae incorporates some of the musical elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, mento (a celebratory, rural folk form that served its largely rural audience as dance music and an alternative to the hymns and adapted chanteys of local church singing), calypso, and also draws influence from traditional African folk rhythms. One of the most easily recognizable elements is offbeat rhythms; staccato chords played by a guitar or piano (or both) on the offbeats of the measure. The tempo of reggae is usually slower paced than both ska and rocksteady. The concept of call and response can be found throughout reggae music. The genre of reggae music is led by the drum and bass. Some key players in this sound are Jackie Jackson from Toots and the Maytals, Carlton Barrett from Bob Marley and the Wailers, Lloyd Brevett from The Skatalites, Paul Douglas from Toots and the Maytals, Lloyd Knibb from The Skatalites, Winston Grennan, Sly Dunbar, and Anthony "Benbow" Creary from The Upsetters. The bass guitar often plays the dominant role in reggae. The bass sound in reggae is thick and heavy, and equalized so the upper frequencies are removed and the lower frequencies emphasized. The guitar in reggae usually plays on the offbeat of the rhythm. It is common for reggae to be sung in Jamaican Patois, Jamaican English, and Iyaric dialects. Reggae is noted for its tradition of social criticism and religion in its lyrics, although many reggae songs discuss lighter, more personal subjects, such as love and socializing.
Reggae has spread to many countries across the world, often incorporating local instruments and fusing with other genres. Reggae en Español spread from the Spanish-speaking Central American country of Panama to the mainland South American countries of Venezuela and Guyana then to the rest of South America. Caribbean music in the United Kingdom, including reggae, has been popular since the late 1960s, and has evolved into several subgenres and fusions. Many reggae artists began their careers in the UK, and there have been a number of European artists and bands drawing their inspiration directly from Jamaica and the Caribbean community in Europe. Reggae in Africa was boosted by the visit of Bob Marley to Zimbabwe in 1980. In Jamaica, authentic reggae is one of the biggest sources of income.
Peetah Morgan enzi za uhai wake
Mwimbaji kiongozi wa bendi ya Reggae ya Morgan Heritage, Peter 'Peetah' Morgan, amefariki. Bendi hiyo imetangaza kifo cha Peetah kupitia taarifa iliyopostiwa kwenye ukurasa wao wa Instagram jana Jumapili (Februari 25).
Taarifa ya bendi haikuweka wazi sababu ya...
Yaani nyimbo inaitwa back to my roots
Humu kuna mpiga ngoma alijipanga sana yaani ana dunda unasikilizia moyoni
Yaani zile ngoma na gitaa balaa,
Hebuu vaa earphone afu sikiliza twatwaaaa twaa gitaa linajibu ndi ndi ndiiiiii ...... tarumbeta mbeeee mbeeeeee mbeee .. ngoma twatwatwa twaaaaa...
Muziki wa Reggae ni muziki mzuri unaobeba hisia mbalimbali kama, ukombozi wa mtu mweusi, mapenzi, harakati, nk, kwa kifupi ni muziki unaogusa maisha ya mwanadamu kwa ujumla.
Wasanii wa muziki wa Reggae wapo wengi ila hawa ni baadhi ya wale ninaowakubali;
1. BOB MARLEY
No woman no cry
Buffalo...
Jioni baada ya kutoka mihangaikoni nimekaa geto, nikitafakari siku yangu imeendaje. Wakati huo wa kutafakari huwa napenda kusikiliza muziki na miziki yangu mara nyingi ni Hip Hop na Reggae ila leo nikaamua nisikilize Gospel.
Dah, siku yangu imeisha vizuri mnoo. Hawa wamehusika kuniburudisha...
Lucky Philip Dube maarufu kama “Lucky Dube” mzaliwa wa Mpulanga Afrika kusini.
Huyu ni miongoni mwa wanamuziki ninao wahusudu na kuwapa heshima kubwa hapa barani Afrika na duniani kwa ujumla.
Hakika huyu mwamba ali utendea kazi iliyo bora muziki hasa katika muziki wa reggae alio onesha ustadi...
Kuhusu mwimbo huu kiufupi. Elimu hata kuhesabu kuligunduliwa na Mwafrika mweusi, hata chuo kikuu cha kwanza duniani kilikuwa Mali, na Wayahudi wa kweli walioandika Biblia hasa agano la kale walikuwa Waafrika weusi kule Mashariki ya kati baada ya utumwa Misri. Kwa hiyo Waafrika na watu weusi...
Pigo lingine laufika muziki wa Reggae. Mwimbaji na mtayarishaji nguli wa muziki wa Reggae, Lee "Scratch" Perry, ameondoka akiwa na miaka 85.
Kufuatia taarifa iliyotolewa na Waziri Mkuu wa Jamaica Andrew Holness, Lee, ambaye jina lake halisi ni Rainford Hugh Perry, aliaga dunia tarehe 29 Agosti...
Bunny Wailer alishinda tuzo tatu za Grammys
Mwanamuziki huyo, kutoka Kingston, Jamaica, alikuwa mmoja waanzilishi wa bendi ya The Wailers pamoja na rafiki yake wa utotoni, Bob Marley.
Kwa pamoja, walipata umaarufu kimataifa kupitia nyimbo zao za reggae kama vile Simmer Down na Stir It Up...
Lejendari wa muziki wa Reggae Bunny Wailer, ambaye ni miongoni mwa waasisi wa kikundi maarufu cha Reggae kiitwacho Wailers, ambacho kilimuinua Bob Marley kwenye hadhi mziki wa ulimwengu, amefariki akiwa na umri wa miaka 73. Nyota huyo wa miaka 73 alikata roho akiuguzwa katika hospitali ya...
Habari za wakati huu kaka na dada zangu wote wa hapa jamiiforums.
Ni wimbo gani wa mtindo fulani (Country/R&B) ambao umeimbwa tena kama "Reggae Version" unaupenda sana?
Mimi ninaupenda sana nyimbo za "The Gambler" pamoja na "One More Night" ulioimbwa na msanii BUSY SIGNAL kama reggae...
Hakuna namna utafanya mikutano ya kampeni bila kuwachangamsha wahudhuriaji kwa burudani tofauti tofauti.
CCM hupendelea kwaya na Singeli
Chadema wao hupiga reggae kama ODM ya Kenya
ACT Wazalendo hupendelea mirindimo ya Pwani
NCCR mageuzi hupiga kwaya nk nk
Kinachotofautisha aina za burudani...
Jiji la Dar es Salaam ambayo ni ngome Kuu ya Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo linatarajiwa kusimama kwa siku tatu kupisha uzinduzi wa kihistoria wa mgombea Urais wa Chama hicho.
Mgombea Urais wa Tanzania kupitia Chadema Tundu Lissu atazindua Rasmi kampeni zake kuelekea Ikulu ya Magogoni na...
Kuna mbingu, na Kuna ardhi. Muziki wa Reggae umekuwa ukiheahimika duniani kote kwa maudhui yake maridhawa yaliyobeba ujumbe mzito wa kiukombozi na kuleta watu pamoja.
Muziki wa sengeli ni muziki wa kihuni, wa watu waliopoteza tumaini, wasio na dira wala mwelekeo.
Maudhui ya sengeli ni matusi...
Lucky Philip Dube (tamka doo-bei) [1] (3 Agosti 1964 - 18 Oktoba 2007) alikuwa mwanamuziki wa reggae kutoka Afrika Kusini. Alirekodi albamu 22 katika lugha ya Kizulu, Kiingereza na Kiafrikaans katika kipindi cha miaka 25-na alikuwa mwanamuziki wa Reggae kutoka Afrika Kusini ambaye aliuza albamu...
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