Monday, May 26, 2008

Whatever Happened to Reggae?

Thanks to internet and satellite radio, it's easy to catch up with genres that you've given up on. Modern Blues? Not as good as the old stuff. Modern Reggae? Same as Blues. I've listened to more modern Blues than modern Reggae, but not much. Robert Christgau once wrote that he lost reggae when it went Dancehall. Just as some of us lost Rap when it went gangsta. So, I listened for an hour to the Sirius Reggae channel, and my ears perked when I heard modern reggae done old school style. But as soon as a dancehall song came up, I switched the channel. There's no prude in me. I like hearing new sounds from new singers. But some genres were better back in the day. I say Blues and Reggae are two of them.
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