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Jamaica: “Satan is Real”

Categories: Caribbean, Jamaica, Arts & Culture, Music

Unreconstructed racists the Louvin Brothers, composers of the country classic “Satan is Real”, “would have been horrified to know that just near the equator hundreds of negroes were loving their music,” writes Marlon James, in a post touching upon reggae's roots in country-and-western music [1].