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Timeline of Jamaican Music

Jamaican Music Classics Playlist!
Reggae Music Videos Playlist!

1600s - 1900s Jamaican Folk Music

Ring Games/Nursery Songs
Click for a Classic Jamaican Song Sung by Miss Lou


Jamaica's Heritage in Dance
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Kumina (koo-mih-nah) (African Jamaican religion filled with drums/music, dance, and ceremonies. It was brought to Jamaica from the BaKongo people of present-day Congo.)
Click for Kumina Drummers

Early 1900s - Early 1950s Mento

Click to Experience Mento

Late 1950s - 1960s Ska

[pronounced: skyah]      
Combined Mento, American Jazz and R&B
Ska Artists: Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, Desmond Dekker, The Wailers, & more
Popular in both Jamaica & the United Kingdom
Ska Documentary              
Click to Experience Ska
      ​More Ska

Rocksteady

Rocksteady Artists: The Maytals, Fab 5, The Gaylads, The Paragons, & more
Rocksteady Documentary Trailer
Click to Experience Rocksteady

Late 1960s - Today Reggae

Slower than Ska
Reggae and Rocksteady have slight differences.
​Reggae has the "extra" or third beat.

Click to Experience 60/70s Reggae
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Click to Experience 80/90s Reggae

Click to Experience Today's Reggae

Late 1970s - Today Dancehall

Fast-Paced dancing music of Jamaican youth (PG-18)
Began with a relatively slow pace, but has increased over time

Click Here to Experience the Legend Bob Marley discuss the difference between Ska, Rocksteady & Reggae
Reggae Britannia Documentary (Ska & Reggae)

Page Written & Compiled By Chong Laoshi   #thechonglaoshi
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    • Remixes
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