Sounds and Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land (2024)

This fascinating five-episode documentary series by Graeme Mathieson and Chris Flanagan sheds light on a little-known facet of Canada’s music history. Everyone knows that reggae emerged out of Jamaica in the early 1960s, but few know that it took root and spread in Canada in the 1970s when some of the genre’s greatest artists settled in Toronto’s Eglinton neighbourhood. The filmmakers recount the careers of the famous ska duo Roy Panton and Yvonne Harrison; singer Nana McLean, Canada’s undisputed queen of reggae; singer Johnny Osbourne, godfather of dancehall, a musical genre and dance style rooted in reggae; singer and musician Leroy Sibbles, whose bass lines made

Sounds and Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land (2024)

This fascinating five-episode documentary series by Graeme Mathieson and Chris Flanagan sheds light on a little-known facet of Canada’s music history. Everyone knows that reggae emerged out of Jamaica in the early 1960s, but few know that it took root and spread in Canada in the 1970s when some of the genre’s greatest artists settled in Toronto’s Eglinton neighbourhood. The filmmakers recount the careers of the famous ska duo Roy Panton and Yvonne Harrison; singer Nana McLean, Canada’s undisputed queen of reggae; singer Johnny Osbourne, godfather of dancehall, a musical genre and dance style rooted in reggae; singer and musician Leroy Sibbles, whose bass lines made