Part II: The Evolution of Jamaican Music: From Revivalism to Reggae In the late 1960s, Jamaica was blessed with a variety of talented musicians and singers who experimented with and blended different beats of music and recorded their musical renditions at local recording studios like Dynamic Sounds and Treasure Isle. So, while rocksteady, with its…

Photo: Jamaica Gleaner Part I: From Revivalism to Reggae: The Evolution of Jamaican Music and Dance   Part II – ROCKSTEADY Rocksteady was the Jamaican musical genre that succeeded ska, growing in popularity in the late 1960s. The late Hopeton Lewis—one of the foremost rocksteady singers in 1968 and whose song “Take it Easy” was…

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Juan Bautista Alfonseca (1810-1875)  Juan was a self-taught composer born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  He was the earliest known Dominican composer of merengue.  Although he lacked musical training he was known as the “father of Dominican music”.  In, 1846 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and he led the first military band and participated…