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Augmented Story’s Audio Content Music? Social Movement? Space? Or Profile? Key• Sky Blue – A Music (Jamaican...
The only thing constant in life is change, evolution is inevitable, and Kingston 12 represents the achievement of milestones, and the celebrating thereof with a great cocktail and good music!
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The sound system culture was born out of economical necessity in the 1950s in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica. It remained steadfast against the backdrop of cultural evolution and political unrest. Today it is still the principal context of musical activity on the island
• Trench Town is a neighborhood located in in Kingston, the capital and largest city in Jamaica. During the 1960s, Trench Town was known as the Hollywood of Jamaica. Today Trench Town is the location of the Trench Town Culture Yard Museum, a National Heritage Site presenting the unique history and contribution of Trench Town to Jamaica.
• Trench Town is the birthplace of rocksteady and reggae music, as well as the home of reggae and Rastafari ambassador Bob Marley. The neighborhood gets its name from its previous designation as Trench Pen, 400 acres (162 hectares) of land once used for livestock by Daniel Power Trench, an Irish immigrant of the 18th century.
• The Postal Code for Trench Town is KINGSTON 12
Dancehall originated in Jamaica in the late 1970’s as an off-shoot of reggae.Its name was derived from the space, or “halls,” in which dance events were held. It tells the story of a people’s survival and the need for celebration of that survival against forces of the systems.
The only thing constant in life is change, evolution is inevitable, and Kingston 12 represents the achievement of milestones, and the celebrating thereof with a great cocktail and good music!
Augmented Story’s Audio Content Music? Social Movement? Space? Or Profile? Key• Sky Blue – A Music (Jamaican...
Dancehall Music-1980’s Dancehall music had its genesis in the political turbulence of the late1970s and became Jamaica's...
Reggae - 1970’s Reggae, originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as the country's...
1960 - 1970 SKA Ska, Jamaica's first indigenous urban pop style. Pioneered by the operators of powerful...
Sound Systems-1950’s Edwin Jensen and Peter Pridham, engineers from the American electronics company Magnavox, were among the...
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The only thing constant in life is change, evolution is inevitable, and Kingston 12 represents the achievement of milestones, and the celebrating thereof with a great cocktail and good music!