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Wheel and Come Again: 50 Years of Jamaican Music

Colin Grant looks at the cycles of Jamaican music in Wheel and Come Again.

Jamaica, the loudest island on the planet, has also produced some of the most daring and innovative music. It's now fifty years on from Jamaica's independence from Britain and the Afro-Saxons have become Afrocentric.

In 'Wheel and Come Again', Colin Grant looks at the cycles of Jamaican music that have emerged from the dirt poverty of its ghettoes and the mystical beauty of its hinterland. 'Wheel and Come Again' charts the evolution of the music from the gentle caricature of the Calypsonian-inflected island in the sun to the sexually-charged Dancehall; dropping in on its redemptive golden period along the way.

Finally, Colin Grant shows the power and polarity of Jamaican music: the tension between Bob Marley's "One Love" and Peter Tosh's rejection of peace because "peace is the diploma you get in the cemetery".

1 hour

Last on

Sun 12 Aug 2012 02:00

Music Played

  • Sizzla

    Be Strong

  • Derrick Morgan

    Forward March

  • Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari

    Grounation

  • Louise Bennett

    England Bound

  • Louise Bennett

    Lindstead Market

  • The Wailers

    Simmer Down

  • Justin Hinds & the Dominoes

    Tell Me Not of Other Lands

  • Burning Spear

    Marcus Garvey

  • Mortimo Planno

    Princes Shall Come Out of Egypt

  • Jimmy Cliff

    King of Kings

  • Jimmy Cliff

    Many Rivers to Cross

  • Niney the Observer

    Blood & Fire

  • Toots & The Maytals

    Pressure Drop

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Concrete Jungle

  • Peter Tosh

    African

  • Third World

    96 Degrees In The Shade

  • Peter Tosh

    400 Years

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Selassie is the Chapel

  • Peter Tosh

    Steppin' Razor

  • Beenie Man

    If You Live by the Gun

  • Shabba Ranks

    Mr Loverman

  • Bunny Wailer

    Amagideon

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Rock to the Rock

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Aug 2012 12:00
  • Sun 12 Aug 2012 02:00

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