Song set to different images - lots of animals.
Official classification: Video, Curriculum support, Unit 1. Musical processes, reggae
Full audio of 1979 song with lyrics that were taken from a speech given by Marcus Garvey in Nova Scotia during October 1937.
Official classification: 1970s, Audio, Curriculum support, reggae
Full audio of song originally released in 1973, used and covered by other artists regularly since.
Official classification: 1970s, Audio, Curriculum support, reggae
Full audio of Bob Marley's first hit outside of Jamaica in 1975
Official classification: 1970s, Audio, Curriculum support, reggae
Released in September 1988, this became the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The "instruments" are entirely overdubbed voice parts and other sounds made by McFerrin, using no instruments at all.
Official classification: 1980s, Jazz, Popular Songs, Audio, Jazz, Vocal Percussion, Vocalising, United States, Curriculum support, reggae, A Capella
"Sunshowers" is the 2004 second single from M.I.A.'s critically acclaimed album Arular.
M.I.A. who did the music for the Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire, draws on traditions from all round the world in her work and so this example, recommended listening for the Somerset Music Coco Scheme of Work, illustrates that this approach can be both artistically and commercially very successful.
Official classification: 2000s, Popular Songs, World Music Examples, Video, Electronica, Rap, United Kingdom, Curriculum support, reggae
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