Garland Jeffreys (born 1943/44 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African-American and Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. His music is a unique blend of rock and roll, reggae, blues, and soul.
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The Fugees were a critically-acclaimed New Jersey hip hop group that rose to fame in the mid-1990s, whose repertoire included elements of soul and Caribbean music, particularly reggae. The members of the group are rapper/singer/producer Wyclef Jean, rapper/singer Lauryn Hill, and rapper Pras Michel.
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Edmond Montague “Eddy” Grant (born 5 March 1948 in Plaisance, Guyana, then a British colony) is a British reggae musician. When he was still a young boy, his parents relocated to London, UK, where he settled. He lived in Kentish Town and went to school at the Acland Burghley Secondary Modern at Tufnell Park.
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Easy Star All-Stars are a group of reggae artists who are signed to their own Easy Star record label, which is based in New York. They specialize in covering popular albums in a reggae and dub style and have released two cover albums to date.
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Dawn Penn (born Dawn Pickering, 1952, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer. She recorded a small number of unsuccessful tunes for Prince Buster around 1966. In 1967 she recorded and released the rocksteady single,
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Robert “Bob” Nesta Marley OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican musician, singer-songwriter and Rastafarian. He was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae bands:
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Harper was born in Claremont, in California’s Pomona Valley. He began playing guitar as a child. His maternal grandparents’ music store The Folk Music Center and Museum laid a foundation of folk and blues for the artist,
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Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band from Kingston, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. Their sound can be described as a mix of reggae, rock, soul, and ska.
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Banco de Gaia is an electronic music band from England, formed by Toby Marks (born 1964, South London) in 1991. In 1978 Marks began his musical career, as a drummer in a heavy metal band.
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