While driving to St. Louis on a scuba diving trip, my carpool buddy pulled out some reggae music–a choice that we both liked–and popped it into the player. We were listening to it for a little while and I was really enjoying it. I asked him who the artist was and he replied, “Matisyahu.” “Matis-what?” I asked him more about this guy and was pretty surprised at what I found out next. Matisyahu isn’t your average reggae singer.
I won’t tell you yet what’s unique about Matisyahu, but I will say that it is great to see how music can bring together such a variety of cultures, religions, and regions. Listen to the music I’ve attached from YouTube below and form a picture of Matisyahu in your head. Then, click the small image below the video to see how accurate of a picture you formed.
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I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog.
Excellent article.
Nice Video. To see more Matisyahu Videos and read about other cool Jewish music visit http://matisyahu.co.uk
Thanks
he is quite talented. does he have new stuff out?
It looks like his last CD was released in December 2006… not sure if he’s working on new stuff, you could probably find out more from the links above.
Hello Patrick,
I have never known about Matisyahu before. Really, nice video.
So, thanks for it.;)
Further, I would like to thank to Mat for the like of Matisyahu.:)
As cheesy as it may sound, music really is the ultimate universal language, and this is a great example of that.
Cheers!
RA
It is so refreshing to know that music is uniting not only different cultures but also, religions. I absolutely LOVE reggae music. However, I still have yet to listen to Matisyahu’s album/s. Of what I heard on the you tube attachment, they sound really good, which makes me eager to go and buy their album/s. I’m all about uniqueness and originality and so it seems to me like this group has that written all over it.