I have never thought of Jews as a good source of reggae musical talent until I heard Matisyahu. He’s an Hasidic reggae singer with beatboxing skills out of White Plains, NY. Before you laugh, have a listen at his performance on the Jimmy Kimmel Show. I was very impressed to say the least.
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Jews are not a good source of musical talent?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_Musicians
Educate yourself.
Nice link, so I stand corrected. However in my defense I didn’t say they weren’t talented. I was simply stating that when I think of music (especially reggae) I don’t think “Jewish” off the bat. Actually, no religion comes to mind at all.
The “I-would-rather-make-love-and-use-my-herbs-than-make-war” religion comes to my mind when I think about reggae. What I great religion IMO.
I saw this guy live a few months back. It was quite a show. Very good stuff.
If he comes near my town, I’m going to see him. Very impressive indeed.
Matisyahu is cool, groovy!!! love your music…
peace :)
well, when I think reggae, I think Rasta (as in Rastafarian, dreadlocks, Jamaca…) because that is the place it came from.
That is pretty good though.
[...] Dann aber hab ich einen anderen Blog gelesen – und auch dort kam er vor. Dort gabs gleich ein Video von ihm. Der Mann kann beatboxen! Überzeugt euch selbst – bei religiousfreaks.com . Wie originell! Geil! Mal schauen, ob ich irgendwo ein Album von ihm auftreiben kann. Explore posts in the same categories: Allgemein [...]
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