One of the UK’s largest Reggae Festival, One Love Festival has announced today that they are fighting back against the lack of UK Reggae music.
The press release is as follows:
UK Reggae Music is under Attack!!! But together the One Love community can help save UK Reggae scene – By Raising awareness of Reggae spreading the message of Peace and Uniting the People. Saving a Genre that is being marginalised and discredited .
Reggae music is being embraced more and more by Jamaican and non Jamaican artists yet less avenues than ever for genuine reggae in the UK.
The UK Reggae Fan base is there and is bigger then our European counterparts and now it needs to be heard. In the hey day UK Reggae Supporters use to come out in there 1000’s. The majority of our customers are now in there mid 30’s and 40’s and love there home comforts but this is our “call to arms” For a #ReggaeRevolution to save UK Reggae Music.
UK Reggae is at the receiving end of a ever decreasing circle with only two Legal Reggae shows in the UK – Rodigan on Sunday night and Robbo Ranx on Thursday’s both on 1xtra and Now with UK’s first legal black music station choice FM recent rebrand the station became reggae-less, soca-less in one fell swoop. Radio 1 is Not representing at all. UK Hip Hop has been around 2 minutes in comparison to reggae yet UK hip hop has a show…
We need to change the tide “As Bob Marley famously said ‘the stone that the builder refused will be the head corner stone.’ I believe there is still a huge demand for reggae. More than its representation on radio and One Love Festival is testimony to that – if you Love Reggae Music we need UK Reggae Fans to Support One Love Reggae Revolution.
Reggae was originally played on the streets, not on radio, Reggae is worthy of more respect and so are the fans and lovers of this music.” Reggae has always taking a stand against the system now we UK Reggae Fans MUST STAND AS ONE
We have started a Kickstarter campaign to save Reggae, by growing our message of peace to a wider audience and uniting UK Reggae Fans – For Further info about our campaign and intro Video from Sir David Rodigan MBE
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1630939868/reggae-revolution-strengthening-our-message-of-pea