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Reggae Sunsplash was a reggae music festival held annually in Jamaica from 1978 to 1996, with additional events in 1998 and 2006. The festival expanded to include international tours in 1985 and was revived as a virtual event in 2020 by Tryone Wilson, Debbie Bissoon and Randy.
This is a list of notable reggae festivals by country. This list may have some overlap with list of jam band music festivals . Reggae festivals may include classic reggae and related or derivative genres such as ska , dancehall , dub , hip hop , ragga , reggae fusion , and drum and bass .
The Blue Riddim Band was a Kansas City, Missouri-based reggae band and the first US-based group to play at Jamaica's Reggae Sunsplash festival, which they did in August 1982. (6). (6). The recording of the group's 1982 Sunsplash performance was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1986.
With the release of his first album Roots and Herbs in 1978, recorded with his band, The Roots and Herbs, Banks pioneered reggae music in the Eastern Caribbean. Following the releases of the album, Where I and I Abide, Bankie became the first performer from Anguilla to appear at Reggae Sunsplash, in 1983 and he appeared again in 1992. [1]
Eek-A-Mouse was a regular performer at Reggae Sunsplash, often teaming up with reggae duo Michigan & Smiley. An album of their 1982 performance was released by Sunsplash Records. [6] He performed in Jamaica for the first time in eight years in August 2015 at the Marcus Garvey Festival in Ocho Rios. [7]
Robert Ffrench grew up in central Kingston and attended Kingston College. [1] He recorded his first singles in 1979, at the age of 17. [1] [2] He achieved success in 1984 with his performances at the Festival Song Contest and the Reggae Sunsplash festival. [3]
Reggae (/ ˈ r ɛ ɡ eɪ / ⓘ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. [1] A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first popular song to use the word reggae, effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience.
Mek We Dweet is a studio album by the Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear, released in 1990 via Island Records. [1] The recording sessions took place at Tuff Gong Recording Studio in Kingston . Burning Spear supported the album by touring with Reggae Sunsplash .