{"id":1687,"date":"2018-12-03T15:01:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T15:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designerofreality.com\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2018-12-10T01:07:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T01:07:57","slug":"spreading-the-love-with-reggae-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designerofreality.com\/2018\/12\/03\/spreading-the-love-with-reggae-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreading the Love with Reggae Music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reggae Music and it’s primary promoter, Bob Marley, had it’s birth in the 1960’s, the same prolific period for cultural development that promoted social change on a global level in a variety of ways.\u00a0 As developed by Marley and others in Jamaica, it grow way past the boundaries of the small island nation to become a worldwide force.\u00a0 The reason for Marley’s impact is the message he infused into the songs backed by a “heartbeat” rhythm that is inherently soothing.\u00a0 Marley’s message is a Spiritual message preaching hope and faith in a world where we can all come together.\u00a0 “One Love” and don’t worry because everything is going to be alright.\u00a0 For Marley, his songs were the new psalms – as Jah’s messenger he was sending out a vision of and a prayer for a more enlightened and less divided world inspired by hope and thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

For lot’s of great REGGAE MUSIC and culture, visit Rasjohnmon’s RadioReggae.com<\/a> – lot’s of Marley and other Reggae PositiVibes!<\/p>\n

Here’s a recent\u00a0article that appeared in The New York Times and was featured in the\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Week in Good News newsletter<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

By\u00a0Sandra E. Garcia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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Wa-ka, wa-ka<\/em>\u00a0is the sound of the first riffs that open up Bob Marley\u2019s \u201cStir It Up<\/a>.\u201d Sister Nancy\u2019s \u201cBam Bam<\/a>\u201d begins with slow-paced horns that give way to her cool cadence. Drums pause with the guitars at the top of Peter Tosh\u2019s \u201cLegalize It<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

It\u2019s reggae: smooth, lovely, cool, collected, classic.<\/p>\n

Jamaica, where the sound first gave a voice to the oppressed and the hopeful, applied to add reggae to Unesco\u2019s list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, and the genre received the honor on Thursday, along with several other new additions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n