The Guardian on White Reggae
posted on April 12th, 2008 by Tobias in ArticleOnce reviled, ‘white reggae’ is now taking off all over the world – even in Jamaica. But is it any more than a pale imitation of the real thing?
That´s the question Dave Stelfox from The Guardian investigates in a nice piece I got aware of over at John Eden´s Uncarved blog.
[...] reggae or dancehall rhythms. His versatile style has helped him to defy music industry odds, being a white musician in a predominately black genre, but after hearing his tunes once it is easy to see why the reggae/dancehall phenomenon garners so [...]