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REGGAE

Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 30, 2018
Get Up, Stand Up! UNESCO declares reggae a global cultural treasure
UNESCO has declared reggae, the Jamaican music that spread across the world with its calls for social justice, peace and love, to be a global treasure that must be safe-guarded.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 26, 2016
Brown Rice Family brings reggae, ska-infused sounds to Windblow festival
Brown rice is a culinary staple that does a body good. It was a belief in this ¡°vital food,¡± especially among Rastafarians, that gave the eight-piece Brown Rice Family its name. In fact, when asked how his group tries to psyche up a crowd, percussionist Yuichi Iida simply says, ¡°It¡¯s Brown Rice: high-fiber...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Nov 19, 2014
Jamaican sisters come bearing victuals and vibes
Baye McNeil profiles two Jamaican women who have built thriving careers for themselves in the Land of the Rising Sun, half a planet away from the Land of Wood and Water.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 26, 2014
Reggae revival in Jamaica recalls golden era of 1970s
The main event at fight night in Kingston, a popular boxing showcase, was hours away, but the crowd at the National Stadium¡¯s indoor arena, from the young and hip to the elderly, was already pumped.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 2, 2014
Babylon still trembles at Jamaica¡¯s cult classic
Flashback: It¡¯s midnight at the Orson Welles Cinema, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980. Perry Henzell¡¯s breakthrough Jamaican film ¡°The Harder They Come¡± has been playing here every weekend for nearly a decade now, but tonight it¡¯s still a full house. As the lights go down, the audience sparks up, and within...
Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
Jun 19, 2014
Jamaica¡¯s one love starts in Tokyo and reaches out across Japan
This festival celebrating 50 years of friendship between Japan and Jamaica culminates with a Bob Marley Songs Day competition on Sunday, where the winner will receive the grand prize of a trip to Jamaica. For most visitors, however, Bob Marley¡¯s music is just one of 12 entertaining sets by various musicians,...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 27, 2006
Dub pioneer Lee Perry talks God, ganja and Japanese gadgets
Musical resumes don¡¯t get much more impressive than Lee ¡°Scratch¡± Perry¡¯s, the Jamaican maverick credited with inventing both dub and reggae.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 27, 2006
On-U Sound from way out
At most live gigs, all eyes are on the band while the mixing desk is tucked out of sight with some guy in a T-shirt standing behind it simply making sure each instrument comes out at the right level.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Sep 22, 2002
The man¡¯s on FAAAY-YA!
¡°It was only four tracks on the machine,¡± Jamaican music legend Lee ¡°Scratch¡± Perry once said of an early mixing board, ¡°but I was picking up 20 from the extraterrestrial squad.¡±
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