LESSON
REGGAE TO POP
Reggae
This month Simon Barnard shows how reggae feel has been brilliantly adopted and adapted by musicians from very different musical genres.
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The brilliant Stevie Wonder has written several reggae based tracks
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Over the last three articles we have looked at some of the key styles of reggae music and a variety of approaches to playing guitar in the genre. These different approaches, from skank rhythms to lead guitar lines, have influenced many other styles over the following decades. Later artists have adopted the feel and groove of reggae to pay homage to the originators of the genre. This month I’m looking at how certain artists have fused reggae with their own styles of music. The bands and artists I have chosen to explore are The Police, Stevie Wonder, and 311.