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"Reggae Blues" is a song by Nigerian singer-songwriter Harrysong. It was released on 4 August 2015, and features artists Kcee , Olamide , Iyanya and Orezi . [ 1 ] A blend of reggae , and highlife , [ 2 ] the song, at The Headies 2016 , was nominated for Best Collaboration , and won the Best Pop Single .
This is a list of reggae musicians. This includes artists who have either been critical to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label). Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.
On 14 June 2016, Protoje released Side B of his fourth studio album, Royalty Free, as a free download to the public on his website. His 2018 album, A Matter of Time, received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Reggae Album category. [14] On 27 March 2020, Protoje joined Chronixx on a remix of Alicia Keys' song Underdog. [15]
Reggae fusion is a mixture of reggae or dancehall with elements of other genres, such as hip hop, R&B, jazz, rock, drum and bass, punk or polka. [12] Although artists have been mixing reggae with other genres from as early as the early 1970s, it was not until the late 1990s when the term was coined.
After a handful of singles, Colourbox's first full-length studio album — also self-titled — followed in August 1985, which further refined the band's diverse palette, mixing sample-splattered power-punk instrumentals with elegiac piano pieces ("Just Give 'em Whiskey" and "Sleepwalker" respectively), commercial pop ("The Moon Is Blue" and ...
A review on the reggae site Zinc Fence says of Negril that "listeners with tastes limited to heavy dub were never likely to find anything to tickle their palettes here, yet anyone looking for a mellow, superbly-played mid-1970s instrumental reggae album could do far worse than seek this out."
Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. [1] A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was the dominant style of music in Jamaica for nearly two years, performed by many of the artists who helped establish reggae, including harmony groups such as the Techniques, the Paragons, the Heptones and the Gaylads; soulful singers such as Alton Ellis, [2] Delroy ...