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History of Jamaican Music Long before Reggae and Dancehall Even before Ska, many will argue that the origins of Jamaican music could be heard from the rural areas with sounds of folk music. This folk music was then followed by the first recorded Jamaican music -- Mento -- which includes the work of pioneers such as Stanley Motta. In fact, mento bands can still be found performing in hotels throughout the island. The renowned Sir Coxsone Dodd was one of the influential figures in the early years of the sound system. Jazz was also a popular music form in Jamaica, and many well-known jazz musicians hailed from Jamaica such as Joe Harriott, Ernest Ranglin and Monty Alexander.

History of Jamaican Music Long before Reggae and Dancehall Even before Ska, many will argue that the origins of Jamaican music could be heard from the rural areas with sounds of folk music. This folk music was then followed by the first recorded Jamaican music -- Mento -- which includes the work of pioneers such as Stanley Motta. In fact, mento bands can still be found performing in hotels throughout the island. The renowned Sir Coxsone Dodd was one of the influential figures in the early years of the sound system. Jazz was also a popular music form in Jamaica, and many well-known jazz musicians hailed from Jamaica such as Joe Harriott, Ernest Ranglin and Monty Alexander.

MLK

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” 

“I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” 

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” 

“Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.” 

“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” 

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” 

? Martin Luther King Jr.

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Let the Music Play

Barry White

One ticket, please

Lord have mercy, everybody's there

Hey, what's goin' on man, yeah

She's at home, yeah, she's at home

Yeah, she's at home

Let the music play

I just want to dance the night away

Here, right here, right here is where I'm gonna stay

All night long, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, wee

Let the music play on

Just until I feel this misery is gone

Movin', kickin', groovin', keep the music strong

On and on and on and on and on and on and on

And on and on and on and on and on and on and on

I'm out here dancin' and still, huh

I can't erase the things I feel

The tender love we used to share

b. 13 January 1946, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Boris Gardiner, bass player, vocalist and musical director, has never been one of reggae’s most celebrated names, but he has remained a permanent fixture in the music and has three major UK chart hits to his credit. His bass-playing skills first emerged in the late 60s, and the bands he graced included Byron Lee’s Dragonaires, the Aggrovators, Crystalites and many more. His first brush with chart success was ‘Elizabethan Reggae’, recorded for Lee, which hit number 14 in January 1970. Gardiner toured the UK in support of his hit, which, at first, was incorrectly credited to its producer. His debut album, again produced by Lee, was released the same year. In its wake, Gardiner immersed himself in session work, regularly playing as part of the Now Generation band, and he later became a member of Lee Perry’s Upsetters, following Carlton and Aston ‘Familyman’ Barrett’s defection to the Wailers. His solid, incisive basslines were seldom prominent, yet always effective. In the 80s, as reggae was on the cusp of the digital era, an age likely to put paid to the careers of bass players, Gardiner’s mellow, soulful voice came to the fore on a MOR reggae ballad, ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’, which hit number 1 in the UK charts. Gardiner, who had been intermittently dogged by illness throughout the 80s, was finally receiving his due. His follow-up, ‘You’re Everything To Me’, went to number 11, and the seasonal ‘The Meaning Of Christmas’ also scraped the charts.

b. 13 January 1946, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Boris Gardiner, bass player, vocalist and musical director, has never been one of reggae’s most celebrated names, but he has remained a permanent fixture in the music and has three major UK chart hits to his credit. His bass-playing skills first emerged in the late 60s, and the bands he graced included Byron Lee’s Dragonaires, the Aggrovators, Crystalites and many more. His first brush with chart success was ‘Elizabethan Reggae’, recorded for Lee, which hit number 14 in January 1970. Gardiner toured the UK in support of his hit, which, at first, was incorrectly credited to its producer. His debut album, again produced by Lee, was released the same year. In its wake, Gardiner immersed himself in session work, regularly playing as part of the Now Generation band, and he later became a member of Lee Perry’s Upsetters, following Carlton and Aston ‘Familyman’ Barrett’s defection to the Wailers. His solid, incisive basslines were seldom prominent, yet always effective. In the 80s, as reggae was on the cusp of the digital era, an age likely to put paid to the careers of bass players, Gardiner’s mellow, soulful voice came to the fore on a MOR reggae ballad, ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’, which hit number 1 in the UK charts. Gardiner, who had been intermittently dogged by illness throughout the 80s, was finally receiving his due. His follow-up, ‘You’re Everything To Me’, went to number 11, and the seasonal ‘The Meaning Of Christmas’ also scraped the charts.

Musical Ambassador Hopeton Brown is at the controls once again

Reggae Wednesdayz - Hopeton Brown Plays the Conscious Reggae Music

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Musical Ambassador Hopeton Brown is at the controls once again

Reggae Wednesdayz - Hopeton Brown Plays the Conscious Reggae Music

Join us tonite 661-467-2407

Jamaica

The second most contingent of athletes at the Olympics will be from Jamaica with 59 athletes. They include: Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Natoya Goule, Nickel Ashmeade, Daina Levy, Simoya Campbell, Timothy Wynter, Peter Matthews, Roxroy Cato, Shanieka Thomas, Ristananna Tracey, Atkinson Alia, Yona Knight-Wisdom and Stephanie Ann Mcpherson.

Puerto Rico

Despite its debt burden, Puerto Rico is fielding a whopping 42 athletes to Rio 2016. They include: Erik Risolvato, Stephanie  Enright, Aurea Cruz, Yarimar Rosa, Shara Venegas, Brian Afanador, Jeyvier Jesus Cintron, Karina Ocasio, Debora Seilhamer, Vilmarie Mojica, Lely Berlitt Burgos Ortiz, Melissa Mojica, Yarimar Mercado Martinez, Brian Afanador and Maria Perez.

The Bahamas

The Bahamas has 32 athletes competing in the fields of track and field, swimming and rowing.

They are as follows:

Track & Field: Shaunae Miller, Donald Thomas, Michael Mathieu,  Tynia Gaither, Demetrius Pinder, Steven Gardiner, Leevan Sands, Steven Gardiner, Leevan Sands, Anthonique Strachan, Shavez Hart, Pedrya Seymour, Trevor Barry

Sheniqua Ferguson, Jeffery Gibson, Stephen Newbold, Bianca Stuart, Latario Collie-Minns, Christine Amertil, Teray Smith, Devynne Charlton, Chris Brown, Jamial Rolle, Adanaca Brown, Carmiesha Cox, Adrian Griffith, Lanece Clarke, Alonzo Russell, Jamal Wilson and Shaquania Dorsett.

Swimming: Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Dustin Tynes and Joanna Evans.

Rowing: Emily Morley

 

 

 around the world will compete in Olympic Games in the South American nat

Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced Ska and Reggae music. Mento typically features acoustic instruments, such as acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums, and the rhumba box (which is a large mbira in the shape of a box that can be sat on while played.) The rhumba box carries the bass part of the music. Mento is a distinct style of Jamaican music as it draws its traditions from African slaves brought to the country with some European folk culture as well. Slaves were sometimes made to play music singing European folk songs which largely influenced the development of Mento. Inevitably, the slaves would infuse their own traditions with the music and it became common practice to sing Mento songs about social lives of the people. In Jamaica, Mento is sometimes referred to as country music, because of it light hearted and simplistic lyrics as well as the omitting of electric instruments. 

Mento came to real prominence in the 1940's and 1950's before being displaced by Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae. It was not until the 1950's that the first recordings were made and many of the more popular songs were pressed by Stannley Motta and Ivan Chin. Because of this early recordings of traditional mento are difficult to find. To this day, Mento is still listened to in Jamaica but mostly be heard in tourist destinations.