Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King

Author: Lloyd Bradley

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  • : $40.00 AUD
  • : 9780140237634
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : August 2001
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  • : Lloyd Bradley
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Barcode 9780140237634
9780140237634

Description

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.

Author description

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.