Bass Culture - when Reggae was King

Informationen zum Autor Lloyd Bradley was classically trained as a chef but for the last 20 years has worked as a music journalist, most recently for Mojo - which he has just left with editor Mat Snow to launch a new men's magazine in Autumn 2000. He is the author of Reggae on CD. He lives with his wife and two children in Kentish Town, London. Klappentext Lloyd Bradley was classically trained as a chef but for the last 20 years has worked as a music journalist, most recently for Mojo - which he has just left with editor Mat Snow to launch a new men's magazine in Autumn 2000. He is the author of Reggae on CD. He lives with his wife and two children in Kentish Town, London. Zusammenfassung Presents an account of the history of reggae. This book describes reggae's origins and development in Jamaica, from ska to rock-steady to dub and to reggae itself, a local music which conquered the world. It relates the story of reggae to the history of Jamaica, from Colonial Island to troubled independence, and Jamaicans, from Kingston to London. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One First session: boogie in my bones; music is my occupation; we are rolling; message from the king; train to Skaville; strange country; what a world. Part Two Simmer down: soul style; dance crasher; mix it up; you can get it if you really want. Part Three Studio kinda cloudy: pressure drop; wake the town! tell the people; dubwise situation; dreadlocks in moonlight; ah fi we dis; trench town rock; warrior charge; sipple out deh. Part Four Fist to fist days gone: ring the alarm; kid's play; Johnny dollar; healing of a nation.

Product details

• Authors: Lloyd Bradley, Lloyd (Author and contributor) Bradley
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2001
• EAN: 9780140237634
• ISBN: 978-0-14-023763-4
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Musikgeschichte, Reggae, Ethnic Studies, Music, MUSIC / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / History & Criticism, Social & cultural history, Reggae and Ska, History of Music, Social and cultural history, Black & Asian Studies, Theory of music and musicology