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Mutabaruka

Reggae
Reggae

Mutabaruka is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Stranger Cole, Bongo Herman, Stonebwoy, Jesse Royal and Redemption Song. Those roots explain a lot about how Mutabaruka arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as U Brown, The Itals, Pablo Gad, Jah Lion and Welton Irie, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lucky Dube, Sugar Minott, Luciano, Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Brown, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around Mutabaruka, reaching back through Stranger Cole and forward to Lucky Dube. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
MutabarukaStranger ColeBongo HermanStonebwoyJesse RoyalRedemption SongInner CircleEarl "Chinna" SmithThe WailersLucky DubeSugar MinottLucianoGregory IsaacsDennis BrownShanachie RecordsSean PaulJesse RoyalU BrownThe ItalsPablo GadJah LionWelton IrieYami BoloTony TuffRonnie Davis

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Mutabaruka connections

Mutabaruka grew out of Stranger Cole, Bongo Herman, Stonebwoy and Jesse Royal, shares an orbit with U Brown, The Itals, Pablo Gad and Jah Lion, went on to shape Lucky Dube, Sugar Minott, Luciano and Gregory Isaacs. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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