WebTwo-tone or 2 tone is a genre of British popular music of the late 1970s and early 1980s that fused traditional Jamaican ska music with elements of punk rock and new wave music. Its name derives from 2 Tone Records, a record label founded in 1979 by Jerry Dammers of The Specials, and references a desire to transcend and defuse racial tensions in …

WebDub music is characterized by a "version" or "double" of an existing song, often instrumental, initially almost always pressed on the B-sides of 45 RPM records and typically emphasizing the drums and bass for a sound popular in local sound systems.A "version" is an alternative cut of a song made for the DJ to "toast" over (a form of Jamaican rapping), …

WebOccasional music: military music, marches, national anthems and related compositions Regional and national music with no significant commercial impact abroad, except when it is a version of an international genre, such as: traditional music , oral traditions , sea shanties , work songs , nursery rhymes , Arabesque and indigenous music .

WebThis category contains music genres that could be considered fusions of various historical genres; that is, they combine elements of different genres together. Subcategories. This category has the following 43 subcategories, out of 43 total.

WebTwo-tone attention signal; Two-tone chime, such as the "ding dong" sound of a doorbell; Two-tone sequential paging, selective calling method in analog 2-way radio transmission; Two-tone siren, a European type of siren; Language. Two-tone language; Diphthong (Greek for two tones), in linguistics, a gliding vowel; Music. 2 Tone (music genre ...

WebNew wave is a loosely defined music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock, including punk itself. Later, critical consensus favored "new wave" as an umbrella term involving many popular music styles of the era, including …

WebRhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music ... [with a] heavy, insistent …

WebReggae (/ ˈ r ɛ ɡ eɪ /) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the word "reggae", effectively naming the genre and introducing it to a global audience. While …

WebReggaeton (UK: / ˈ r ɛ ɡ eɪ t oʊ n, ˌ r ɛ ɡ eɪ ˈ t ɒ n /, US: / ˌ r ɛ ɡ eɪ ˈ t oʊ n, ˌ r eɪ ɡ-/), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (Spanish: ), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico.. It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American hip hop, Latin American, and Caribbean music.

WebDancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall (or "ragga") becoming …