Teach Me About Reggae
 

I've got a subscription to Napster and I've been loving listening to a bunch of different reggae bands I've never heard of. Primarilly the only reggae I'd heard before this are the really well known acts: Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, etc.

Who else should I listen to and what are some of their best tunes?

Can't help you on reggae; if you need help with reggae's frantic cousin (ska), let me know.

Instructions on finding out about authentic reggae:

Go to a local major university, such as Georgia Tech in Atlanta

Now find a popular fraternity

There you will get more than you would ever want out of reggae - every Abercrombie & Fitch wearing SUV driving backward baseball cat honkey is walking around yelling 'Hey Mon!'.



Otherwise, buy K-Tel's Smash Reggae Hits ;)

Check out some stuff by Israel Vibration, Lee "Scratch" Perry.....uh...Buju Banton is really good too. You just have to listen to it all and figure out what you like. The three I gave are all totally different.