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ites deh

sorry forget dat
i was born in Moçambique but now i'm in Portugal these bands are from Portugal i tink Moçambique doesn't have any reggae bands if has good then

respect everytime
dreadrecords

U.S.A has these artists... whether they are still around or not, but here it goes.

Monyaka
Fenton
OoklaH The Moc
Wackies Artists..
Zion Initation
Mighty Invaders
Jah Malla (i think)

Prezident Brown Yankee?
Nah!!!

JAH bless
RasFelipe

info: dreadrecords's from portugal.

i'm from cape verde. right know we have gamal the founder of the cape-verdean/brazilian band Oba. nice mix.. some brasil africa and also from Otherlands (nice country bye the way) due the melting pot on those islands, but still very rootsy.
i must refer boy g mendes in the early days

Prez. Brown is NOT U.S! He's from around Ocho Rios, JA.

US:Inka- Inka
10 ft ganja plant
Lion of Zion

Me I will like to speak about the meilor artist reggea recognize initially that the best must ensure orchestration and must be forged in live,for the moment has there a little which ensures but that'll not prevent me from quoting the goupe"APOCALYPSO" of which the founder also as vocalist with for name TONTONCC a Togolese who occurs in concert this Saturday 29 for the concert of the hope in the country
others:
RASLY
BRIGADIER ZIMBA
MAMA AFRICA and more like
JOELSON
Le roi SALOMON(NATURAL VIBRATION)
KING RED(RUFF BLOOD)
AMEN JAH CISSE
BUSH JEREMIE
BLACK FIGHTERS
BOB TANA
RAS COOL RUNNNIN...

in my country there are great bands and in diferent styles but stricktly roots we have
dread mar-i
riddim
mensajeros
natty combo
zion bless
all from argentina HARD ROOTS

Greetings people! I come from Greece and I know it sounds quite strange but roots reggae vibes are being spreaded here, as well! There are two very nice bands, both of them from Thessaloniki(north of Greece). "One Drop Forward" is the first, they are kind of "diy" band, they have released one EP, which they distribute independently. You can check them and download their songs(for free of course)at http://www.onedropforward.com/.

The other band is "Soulfire", they have recently released an lp named "Soulfire" as well, produced and mixed by Mad Professor. You can check them at http://www.soulfire.gr, but unfortunately there aren't any music samples there.

Roots Reggae is a conquering sound!! Irie!

Sweden, if someone really want to know...

Peps Persson & Peps Blodsband, that is what Swedish reggae-music is to me. Peps started of singing the blues until he discovered reggae in the 70s and formed the group Peps Blodsband. Some of his reggae is influenced with Swedish folk music which gives it a special vibe. If not all, most of his songs are in Swedish, except the blues songs.

There is actually a quote from a Peps concert that Bob Marley attended whan he visited Sweden in the seventies, goes something like this "theres two places on the earth where they make good reggae, Jamaica and Skåne." Skåne is the part of Sweden where Peps come from. Its a funny quote but I dont know how much truth that lies within it or how serious Bob was when he mentioned it.

Peps is in his 60s now but released a CD last year. Now hes got health problems and the drummer, Bosse Skoglund, got heart problems so there is probably not much time left for this group.

Another good group is Nazarenes, probably the best Swedish reggae group right now. Listen to some tracks @ http://www.nazarenes.nu/ heavy roots.

The local group Natural Way relased a nice CD called "1924" some years ago, you can listen to a dub track from the CD @ http://user.tninet.se/~qpp006d/ you can listen to tracks from the "new" CD too but I dont think it is near as good as "1924".

I love to hear reggae from different parts of the world, a very good Japanese group is Cultivator, japanese music tend to get very "poppy" though, but they managed not to.

MAlHOJA IS THE BEST~!!!!!!