Roots reggae
Roots reggae or roots rock reggae is a type of pure reggae which combines the traditional ska sound with American rock and roll, R&B and pop music. It is the most accessible form of reggae, and the most popular globally, primarily due to the success of superstar singer Bob Marley.Sometimes the music is called Jah music.
List of roots rock reggae artists
- The Abyssinians
- Laurel Aitken
- Roland Alphonso
- Horace Andy
- Peter Broggs
- Big Youth (Jamaica)
- Black Uhuru
- Burning Spear (Jamaica, USA)
- Don Carlos
- Carlene Davis
- Clement Coxsone Dodd
- The Heptones
- The Itals
- Bob Marley (Jamaica, England)
- Rita Marley (Jamaica)
- Culture (Jamaica)
- Freddie McGregor
- Judy Mowatt
- Junior Murvin
- Augustus Pablo
- Lee Scratch Perry
- Prince Far I (Jamaica)
- Ras Sam Brown
- Junior Reid
- Garnett Silk
- Sizzla
- Sly & Robbie
- Steel Pulse
- Steely & Clevie
- Peter Tosh (Jamaica)
- Upsetters & Friends
- Bunny Wailer
- Delroy Wilson
- Denroy Morgan
- Sugar Minott
- The Viceroys
- The Sons of Selassie
- Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus
- The Shadows
- The Mighty Diamonds
- Johnny Clarke
- Carlton Jackson
- Johnny Osbourne
- Cornell Cambell
- Sylford Walker
- Dennis Brown
- The Ethiopians
- George Boswell
- Neville Grant
- Ashanti Waugh
- Velvet Shadows
- Anthony 'Sangie' Davis
- Linval Thompson
- Truth Fact and Correct
- The Silvertones
| Reggae |
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| Reggae genres |
| Mento - Rocksteady - Ska |
| Roots rock reggae - Dub - Dub poetry - Dee jaying - Dancehall - Ragga - Raggamuffin - Rockers reggae |
| Other topics |
| Jamaica - Rastafarianism - Haile Selassie - Marcus Mosiah Garvey |