ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: King Stitt, Rastafari, King Tubby

• School: UCLA
• Department: Ethnomusicology
• Course: ETHNOMUS 25
• Professor: J E S S E D.R U S K I N

Document Summary

L e c t u r e 6. Africa will be the solution for racism . A great black leader will come out of ethiopia (prophecy) Musical aspects of roots reggae deeply religious and philosophical content as well as : Emphasizes rhythm section (esp. bass and drums) Melody and harmony in uenced by afro-christian hymnody and. Desmond dekker (credited with the rst roots reggae root) Bob marley (a proponent of solidarity among urban black jamai- cans): make a difference in the world politically and socially (worked for a while but didn"t ultimately solve the structural prob- lem) Iconic image as a unity gure despite politicians efforts to use him as a voicer of their own voice/purposes (1972) film: the harder they come. Baby i love you so jacob miller/augustus pablo, prod. (!975) Once you take a music and reimagine it, it was no longer copying but some- thing completely new. Born within the experimental part of the sound system.