About this minute
- Title
- Bristol Reggae Orchestra; Don't Stay Away
- Performer
- Bristol Reggae Orchestra
- Recordist
- Tom Bryan
- Location
- Bristol
- Collections
- Black History Month
- Related resource guides
- Composed Sounds
Bristol Reggae Orchestra: Don’t Stay Away
That was the sound of the Bristol Reggae Orchestra playing a piece called “Don’t Stay Away”. When you listened, did you think the music was happy and upbeat, or perhaps more serious and slow? Reggae music is known for its offbeat chords – known as ‘skanking’, where a guitar or similar chord-playing instrument, plays in…