This is Reggae Music: The Story of Jamaica's Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802138286)

Jamaica is a small country in the Caribbean, 146 miles wide and populated by fewer than three million people. Nevertheless, it has exerted a more powerful hold on international popular music than any nation besides England and America. From Prince Buster to Burning Spear, Lee Scratch Perry to Yellowman, Bob Marley to Shabba Ranks, reggae music is one of the most dynamic and powerful musical forms of the twentieth century. And, as Lloyd Bradley shows in his deft, definitive, and always entertaining book, it is and always has been the people's music. Born in the sound systems of the Kingston slums, reggae was the first music poor Jamaicans could call their own, and as it spread throughout the world, it always remained fluid, challenging, and distinctly Jamaican. Based on six years of research -- original interviews with most of reggae's key producers, musicians, and international players -- and a lifelong enthusiasm for one of the most remarkable of the world's musics, This Is Reggae Music is the definitive history of reggae.

Author: Lloyd Bradley
ISBN-10: 0802138284
ISBN-13: 9780802138286
Publisher: Grove Press
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2001
Pages: 592
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.04w x 1.58d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2001 pg. 1080
Publishers Weekly 08/27/2001 pg. 66
Library Journal 09/01/2001 pg. 181
Booklist 10/15/2001 pg. 367