Jamaican music

Jamaican music has many influences from various kinds of music from many countries such as Flk music, R&B from USA or Calypso and soca from Caribbean islands (Trinidad and Tobago), Jazz from New Orleans, Ska, Dub, as well as Ska, and Reggae music especially popular through Bob Marley.

Folk music became popular around the early 1900. Around same time Jamaica produced many notable jazz musicians.

During 1980s ragga and music was popular in Jamaica. Dancehall is more functional and had a quickstep with MCs. As influenced by ragga, technology influenced dancehall music.  Dancehall music has criticized by international organizations and indivisuals   for its violent lyrics.

Dancehall music seems to resurgent within the late 2000’s music scene with such as Christina Aguilera,’s “Woohoo”, Robyn’s “Dancehall Queen” and Swan Fyahbwoy.

In the late 1950s Ska was the mainstream music genre in Jamaica. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American Jazz and R&B.

After this reggae music emerged as American R&B in the late 1960s. It’s including internationally successful artists such as Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bonny Wailer.

Reggae and ska had a big influence on British punk rock and new wave bands on the 1970s.

By 1973, Dub music had emerged as a distinct reggae genre. After ths reggae fusion emerged as a mainstream in the late 1990s.