The controversy over homophobic lyrics in reggae and dancehall, which led to several concert cancellations in France last year, is a vast debate mixing legislation, culture and religion. "Murder in Dancehall" aims to shed light on this specific point of Jamaican music: Bible passages the artists rely on, a list of the offending tracks, a look back at key dates, books to read to find out more… A site worth visiting, particularly well documented, but in English. www.soulrebels.org/dancehall.htm
In addition, the site's main page goes into the music of the Wailers at length, with exhaustive discographies of the songs and albums from 1967-1972, as well as the JAD/Universal period.
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