On July 7th, I launched my new website and hosted a radio show featuring reggae music from around the world. Reggae is a style of popular music that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as the country's dominant music. By the 1970s, it had become an international style that was particularly popular in Britain, the United States, and Africa. The city of São Luis do Maranhão in Brazil has emerged as the new hot spot for reggae music outside of Jamaica. The music was, and still is, widely perceived as a voice of the oppressed. When reggae singers weren’t singing about love, they were singing about rebellion and revolution against the forces impeding love - like extreme violence, poverty, racism, and government oppression they were witnessing or experiencing on a regular basis. 

Reggae music is a genre that speaks about current struggles on 2020. I hope you enjoy the mix under "past episodes." May Jah love be with you!