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Live Reggae
Sunday's at the
Belly Up Tavern
Aspen, Colorado
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October 16th,
Midnite |
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We
live in a world that accepts American hip-hop as authentic but American
reggae as flaccid. Sort of like looking for french fries in
Chinatown--sure you can find it, but it's not the best, so why bother?
American reggae has had a hard time finding an international audience that
deem their music as authentic and as real as Marley, Tosh, or Beenie Man. There are subtle yet reinforced reminders that only real reggae comes from
Jamaica, and no other place has the ability to produce
talent that competes with the homegrown originals of Jamaican music. The
charts, DJs and journalists constantly remind us of whose riddim and whose
song is #1 in Jamaica. The award shows always hone in on strictly Jamaican
reggae artists and therefore omit a great market and talent that is out
there, pumping out great reggae music just the same. The time has come,
for the many who thought only good authentic reggae comes from Jamaica--
to bite their tongues.
"Time is not counted from
daylight, but from Midnite"
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