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Letter: Roots relaxation

Published 17 August 2002

From Albert Donnay

That you can “Chill out to the rhythm of your heart” may be a recent discovery in Japan (27 July, p 13), but it is old news to fans of reggae music, which Bob Marley described perfectly decades ago as “the heartbeat of a happy man at rest”. Jah lives! Stir it up!

Baltimore, Maryland

Issue no. 2356 published 17 August 2002

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