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Motown, short for "Motor Town" is
another name for the city of Detroit, in the USA.
It was in this city, that Berry Gordy Jr. founded
the first recording studio and label to be owned
by a black man in the USA. The label became a
symbol, and legendary for the many, many soul
classics recorded in the studio.
Trenchtown is the name of one of the worst
ghetto's in Kingston, Jamaica. And for decades, it
has served as a musical center for the Jamaican
Recording Industry. Sufferation, survival,
Jamaican musicians know what it takes...
Jamaican music is also well-known for it's
original forms of adapting and integrating other
styles of music. In other words, a Reggae cover
version is much more than just a cover version.
The inspiration that came from Motown drew many
Jamaican artists to pay tribute to the Detroit
studio by covering Soul classics in a Reggae
style.
Mick Sleeper gathered six Soul classics, and
plays them all together with their Reggae version.
Interesting, revealing, remarkable!
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