Various - Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985 Artist_The New York Community Choir many others

many others

the rise of jazz-rock

written following the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1970

paired hand in hand with Story’s deliberate distilling of ideas over time

Previously the second largest body of water in Japan

Various - Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985 Artist_The New York Community Choir many othersThe smooth and funky sound of prime time Japanese reggae pop in the 1970s and 80s fired up an obsession with Jamaican music that persists to the present day. If there is a year zero for the introduction of reggae music to Japan, youd be forgiven for thinking it was 1979 when Bob Marley and the Wailers toured the country, trailed by an entourage of journalists, photographers and fans ready to spread the message of the music into all corners of Japanese