I found this piece intriguing, possibly because I'm sitting here in southwestern Oklahoma, with the nearest synagogue 70 miles away in Oklahoma City, and because the prevalent music in this part of the world is country-western. But, even in southwest Oklahoma, there is reggae and steel drum bands, courtesy of college students from the Caribbean countries, St. Kitts and St. Lucia, so I am familiar with reggae. One of the things this piece brings out is the universality of music. Music speaks to each person in a different way and this young man has plugged his life experiences into the reggae outlet. The result is fantastic. I'm dancing at the keyboard.
Review of Hassidic (yes, Hassidic) Reggae
Deborah Astley
Posted on October 09, 2004 at 04:39 PM
I found this piece intriguing, possibly because I'm sitting here in southwestern Oklahoma, with the nearest synagogue 70 miles away in Oklahoma City, and because the prevalent music in this part of the world is country-western. But, even in southwest Oklahoma, there is reggae and steel drum bands, courtesy of college students from the Caribbean countries, St. Kitts and St. Lucia, so I am familiar with reggae. One of the things this piece brings out is the universality of music. Music speaks to each person in a different way and this young man has plugged his life experiences into the reggae outlet. The result is fantastic. I'm dancing at the keyboard.