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hi all,
I was looking for some reggae, sung in French.. can someone name some good singers/bands??

thnx!

Hi Survival

There are a few mentioned on this thread - "**[Reggae Shops in Paris](http://www.roots-archives.com/forum/rea ... #msg-20059)**"

I think the best one today is Fundé. African reggae in french like Tiken Jah Fakoly is not bad too.
For older albums check Gunsmoke and I forgot the name of the 2 or 3 other artists/Lps from the late seventies but I don't find it crazy anyway.
otherwise check my band below but it's not sung in french...

this is nice

http://www.ziongate.fr/index.php?Zion-gate-music

there are not too many albums from 70/80 who was sung in french
if you are french look at this site & read the roots of french reggae
there are still some groups i havent heard anything (savane for example)
there are many great bands from "la reunion" their songs are in creole very nice bands look at them :

http://lynseggae.free.fr/
http://nattydreadreunion.monsite.wanadoo.fr/page4.html

Gunsmoke, Az Yaya & Think and Apartheid Not don't sing in french. Actually, I don't know french sung reggae from back in the days a part from Serge Gainsbourg.
Maybe you can find some title here but not plenty of :
http://www.45toursderockfrancais.net/ro ... reggae.htm

Thanks all, and no I'm not french myself collieman, but I think french is a nice language, and I just wanted to check out some reggae.

But I don't mean particularly french reggae music from the 70-85 era, but nowadays reggae is welcome ofcourse.
And yes Benjamin, I was familiar with Tiken Jah Fakoly, he's is, indeed, not bad at all.

Nowadays french reggae.....

Check out Babylon Circus,
hmm.... maybe more ska than reggae?

Big Family (aka King Kalabash&Baron Black)

And some not so rootsy:
K2R
ASPO
Viking's Remedy
Awale le face B?
Moonhop
Jim Murple Memorial

And Pierpoljak is also well known name, but I don't like it so much.

What happened to Wester Special?