REGGAE NATION-THE KINGSTON HIGH LIFE

Perhaps no other island evokes the essence of Caribbean flair and energy as Jamaica. The free spirited island lifestyle is evident everywhere, from rhythmic sounds of Reggae to the spontaneous games of soccer and cricket that appear on street corners in the small towns and villages that dot the picturesque landscape.----------The term reggae is sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, including ska, rocksteady and dub. The term is more specifically used to indicate a particular style that originated after the development of rocksteady. In this sense, reggae includes two sub-genres: roots reggae (the original reggae) and dancehall reggae, which originated in the late 1970s. Reg