SOUTH FLORIDA – This has been a most fascinating week for reggae music throughout the diaspora. Whereas Tuesday was the anniversary of bob Marley’s birthday, speak and debate in regards to the film primarily based on his life, “One Love” made the information on quite a lot of ranges. And there have been the GRAMMYS Sunday.
A caller to our open line provided the opinion that a long time into the long run, younger folks will likely be confused as to who the true Marley was; the true, historic Marley or the one depicted within the film.
Then there was the declare by a live performance promoter that he not solely coined the phrase dancehall within the mid-1980, however he goes additional by claiming {that a} sure bottler and distiller modified a few of its advertising and marketing practices due to what he was doing in selling dancehall occasions.
Whereas the usage of terminology might be claimed underneath sure circumstances, inflicting a business entity to vary advertising and marketing practices, from exterior of the corporate, is a stretch.
It’s inevitable these claims and opinions are expressed in a free society, as well as, amongst people who find themselves generally tempted to make claims, generally outrageous, as a result of the state of affairs they discover themselves in remains to be fluid and unsettled and casual.
Fears although about reggae music’s demise are completely unaware of what the Rastaman has been saying for many years; reggae music is just too highly effective to endure something near dying. Reggae music has stood the take a look at of time and can proceed to stay itinually, or if you happen to want, frequently.
Photograph Credit score: Leroy “Dreamy” Riley
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