Deep Roots Music 1 : Revival and Ranking Sounds

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This compelling documentary consists of the first two parts of a six part series and features never-before-seen archive footage in addition to interviews with a panel of expert cultural historians, folklorists, and musicologists. This program also features performances by legends The Skatalites, the high-energy Toots & the Maytals, the monumental Jimmy Cliff, Count Ossie, Byron Lee, and many more. The first part of the program is called Revival, which thoroughly examines the evolution of African music and its wide influence on youth and mainstream culture, as well as the formation of new styles, like ska. The second portion of the program is called Ranking Sounds and reveals the origins of DJ-ing and toasting with an exemplary live performance of a Jamaican sound-system. This thorough series serves as the ultimate authority on reggae history! For fans of reggae, ska, dub, and Jamaican music, this video is sure to please you. (102 minutes)
Slave Spirituality (2:11)
Jamaican Maroons (2:13)
Rastafarian Influence (3:26)
Jamaican Baptists Revival (8:40)
Mento Music and Pocomania (6:45)
Shanty Town Jamaica (6:57)
Politics in Jamaican Music (5:07)
Jamaican Vocal Trio (2:09)
Jamaica's New Identity (5:35)
Birth of a Music Industry (4:51)
Tommy McCook (11:19)
King of the Sound System World (6:37)
My Boy Lollipop (7:05)
Jump for Joy (12:37)
Record Producers (2:25)
Jack Ruby High Power (11:03)
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