Rockers is a style of Reggae beat that originated in the mid-70s. In fact, this beat probably influenced the sound of disco music. Rastafari has always been strongly linked to Reggae, making the music important socio-politically as well as culturally. See the links in the Crooked Beat Home Page. Jamaican music itself has changed considerably over the past 35 or so years.
Dub music is the result of the engineer restructuring the sound on the mixing board.
Lovers rock, deejays, dub poetry all come from the root. Dancehall and Jungle music are the latest trends in this everchanging Jamaican sound. The emigration of Jamaicans and other West Indies to Europe and North America has both spread the vibe and blended other musical ideas to Reggae. All in all, Reggae has exerted an international impact remarkable for such a small nation - the loudest island in the world. A Brief History Calypso is a form of folk music which originated in Trinidad and spread rapidly throughout the West Indies.