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".
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Music Played
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Sizzla
Be Strong
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Derrick Morgan
Forward March
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Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari
Grounation
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Louise Bennett
England Bound
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Louise Bennett
Lindstead Market
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The Wailers
Simmer Down
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Justin Hinds & the Dominoes
Tell Me Not of Other Lands
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Burning Spear
Marcus Garvey
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Mortimo Planno
Princes Shall Come Out of Egypt
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Jimmy Cliff
King of Kings
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Jimmy Cliff
Many Rivers to Cross
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Niney the Observer
Blood & Fire
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Toots & The Maytals
Pressure Drop
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Concrete Jungle
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Peter Tosh
African
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Third World
96 Degrees In The Shade
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Peter Tosh
400 Years
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Selassie is the Chapel
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Peter Tosh
Steppin' Razor
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Beenie Man
If You Live by the Gun
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Shabba Ranks
Mr Loverman
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Bunny Wailer
Amagideon
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Rock to the Rock
Broadcasts
- Sun 5 Aug 2012 12:00成人快手 Radio 6 Music
- Sun 12 Aug 2012 02:00成人快手 Radio 6 Music
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