The Guardian on White Reggae

WhiteReggae

Once reviled, ‘white reggae’ is now taking off all over the world - even in Jamaica. But is it any more than a pale imitation of the real thing?

That´s the question Dave Stelfox from The Guardian investigates in a nice piece I got aware of over at John Eden´s Uncarved blog.

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Pitchfork Media´s Reggae/Dancehall Rundown of 2007
Guardian: Jamaican dancehall culture in the 80s
New Reggae Radio-Show: “Reggae Bytes”
Media Guardian: “Vinyl has been eliminated”
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One Response to “The Guardian on White Reggae”

  1. seen.´s non-hippie reggae and dancehall blog /// seen. in NYC: Collie Buddz live at S.O.B.´s Says:

    […] reggae or dancehall rhythms. His versatile style has helped him to defy music industry odds, being a white musician in a predominately black genre, but after hearing his tunes once it is easy to see why the reggae/dancehall phenomenon garners so […]

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