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Lets Go Carribean! Lets Go Reggae!

2007-07-07 12:56:42 by jamie in Music Blog - WikiMusicGuide, the Music Wiki
 
...mento, ska, and rock steady. Mento is a traditional African-American hybrid music using guitars, banjo and rumba-box. Rhythm and blues mixed with mento and formed ska, then ska developed into a smoother version and rock steady came into being. Ska is mostly instrumental, whereas rock steady has further vocal parts. Soon, rock steady united...
 
Tags: reggae, carribean, reggae music, famous reggae artist, rock steady, carribean spree, carribean scene, jamaican styles mento, mento
 
 
 
 
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Ramshackle drumming

2008-10-17 20:51:50 by Baudolino of MOG in MOG - Editor's Picks
 
...mento and calypso music after the early sixties, but in 1971 or 1972 it released this quite astonishing 45 by Prince Francis, which merged the deejay style of Dennis Alcapone with some mento-style horns and a quite indescribable drum part, that makes Meg White sound like Art Blakey. Play this back to back with my Naaman Lee post from the...
 
Tags: prince francis, meg white sound, naaman lee post, mento, mento-style horns, art blakey, indescribable drum, deejay style, dennis alcapone
 
 
 
 
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Create Your Very Own Weseley Willis Song And Post It

2008-01-28 17:05:15 by MURDER JUNKIE in Music Banter
 
It's both simple and hilarious, there are two methods to choose from Wesley Willis scroll to bottom Write your own Wesley Willis Song Here's one about Urban :D Urban Hatemonger You are my favorite Camera Guru You really rock it out You Hating harder than a magic kiss You whip a panda's fist Urban Hatemonger Urban Hatemonger Urban...
 
Tags: urban, urban hatemonger, wesley willis, wesley willis song, rock, favorite camera guru, limey scum jackhammer, manc scum right-track, hands
 
 
 
 
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Too Rude To Talk To

2008-03-12 16:28:06 by Editor in Alibi Music
 
...mento and all sorts of different beats. Our take on it, the second wave, was we were trying to mix punk and reggae. We were trying to create the punky reggae party. We wanted the excitement of punk and the seductive backbeat of reggae in the same tune, and when we got our beat going we realized it was similar to the hypnotic beat of the...
 
Tags: wave, fourth wave, second-wave legends, wave ska, second-wave ska, original singer, original, original ska, music
 
 
 
 
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Music Is The Weapon: Voices United Across Borders!

2008-04-03 08:53:11 by sounni in Guest Music Bloggers
 
...Mento and more BAMcafé Live: Friday, April 4th - 10pm SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA ( http://www.souljazzorchestra.com Hailing from Ottawa, Canada, the Souljazz Orchestra combines Jazz, Funk, African and Latin music while touching on politics and spirituality. Most of their songs are rooted in Nigerian Afrobeat, but there are elements of Soukous,...
 
Tags: music, bamcaf live, karlex 9pm, charanga soleil 10pm, karlex, charanga soleil, kobo town 10pm, kobo town, trinidadian music
 
 
 
 
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All About Dub

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2008-04-04 02:34:14 by Editor in World Music Central
...mento, through ska and finally Reggae. There is also fascinating information about early recording studios in Jamaica and the role of DJs and producers. Studio One gets special attention and it's no wonder as i
 
Tags: dub, dub revolution, songs, popular songs, popular, modern jamaican music, special attention, jamaica, common practice
 
 
 
 
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Encyclopedia of Pop Music: Locations Vol 2

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2008-05-13 05:00:20 by Doug in 1st4music.net
...Mento List Price: ?7.99 Amazon Price: ?7.99 Used Price: ?18.30 Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (PS2) In a nutshell Everything fans could hope for is here: officially licensed leagues from Italy, Spain and Holland line up alongside a replica of the Premiership, as well as the French and German championships. In all, that amounts to 136 club sides and...
 
Tags: pop, pop music, power pop, game, football game, pop song, british pop music, amazon price, price
 
 
 
 
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I Love A Parade

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2008-06-10 04:34:27 by Editor in World Music Central
...Mento to Reggae to Third World Music (17 North Parade VP 4118, 2008 Cocoa Tea - The Sweet Sound of Cocoa Tea (17 North Parade VP 4123, 2008 African Dub All - Mighty Chapters 1,2,3 & 4 (17 North Parade VP 4106, 2007 Named for the Kingston, Jamaica address of Randys Record Mart and the adjacent studio where so much great reggae music was...
 
Tags: north parade, cocoa tea, reggae music, reggae, randys record mart, world music, african dub, sweet sound, mighty chapters
 
 
 
 
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Skatalites DVD - Live at Lokerse Feesten 1997 & 2002

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2008-08-13 17:19:53 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...mento, calypso and African rhythms introduced the World to ska, which in turn evolved into today's modern reggae sound. The original group broke up in 1965 after a short eighteen months of existence, leaving its members to pursue solo careers for a number of years. Their recording of 'Guns Of Navarone' even made the U.K. singles charts in...
 
Tags: skatalites, lokerse, live, lokerse festival, ska, dvd, first-ever ska hits, documentary film, world
 
 
 
 
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Ska and Reggae Pioneer Johnny Moore Dies at 70

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2008-08-18 00:18:35 by WMCNewsDept. in World Music Central
...mento, calypso and African rhythms introduced the world to ska, which in turn evolved into today's modern reggae sound. The original group broke up in 1965 after a short eighteen months of existence, leaving its members to pursue solo careers for a number of years. Moore lived in the United States during the 1970s. In the early 1980s he...
 
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