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Natives to Jamaica’s land, Maroons perform dance and drumming (with Island Reggae’s Maroghini, in teal shirt). Photo by Roslyn Parker

We Inside Reggae musicians rocked hours of skies to take in local drumming and ceremony

riddims with Sizzla’s Judgment Yard crew, for an from the Kumina tradition. Though we heard

experience we will never forget. Then, not only drums and rhythms played differently than
did we sit for hours with Sizzla, but the very next much of what we usually hear in reggae, NONE

night we were on to see, sit and hear master tapes of us were standing still!

with one of the legendary producers (who had At Great Huts in Boston Bay, we all got to live

produced some of Sizzla’s biggest hits): Bobby amongst African art, sculpture and hut-chitecture
Digital. Bobby Digital helped create the sound of as things slowed to what most might consider

modern reggae and birthed reggaeton, which is a lil’ more “Jamaican Time” – where we had time

massive throughout Latin America.
to write, reflect, reason and play more music

And of course, one of the biggest highlights was together as a group of new friends – as “Reggae-

being right at Bob Marley’s Kingston residence ites” – brought together by Inside Reggae.
at 56 Hope Road to celebrate The King of The Roots of Inside Reggae

Reggae’s 75th birthday. The day was filled with

performances from big headliners like Richie Where did it all get started? Founders Matt

Spice and Koffee, but it was in the performances Jenson and Maroghini collaborated with Roslyn
of the children from the many Kingston school Parker at Travel To Do Good to make Inside

groups where one could clearly see the hope, Reggae possible.

the resilience and the enduring legacy of Bob Matt Jenson grew up in rural New Hampshire,

Marley’s music. His message is alive and well!
and was guided by a deep spiritual connection

As we wound up into the hills moving towards communicated by the simplicity, beauty and
the idyllic Boston Bay, we stopped under misty truth of nature. As a child, he fell in love with

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