Reggae Routes The Story of Jamaican Music

Name: Reggae Routes The Story of Jamaican Music
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ISBN: 9789768100672

ISBN-10: 9768100672

ISBN-13: 9789768100672

Edition: 1998

Authors: Kevin O'Brien Chang, Wayne Chen

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"From Kumina to Mento, Ska to Rocksteady, Reggae to Dancehall, Roots to Ragga this is the authentic story of Jamaican popular music, told for the first time by Jamaicans. In Jamaica, Reggae is more than music it is the nation s main collective emotional outlet and its chief cultural contribution to the world. Reggae Routes examines the ways in which this uniquely popular music expresses the dreams, desires and realities of the Jamaican people, capturing the glad to be alive spirit which makes Jamaican music so popular worldwide. Jamaican music can be roughly divided into four eras, each with a distinctive beat ska, rocksteady, reggae and dancehall. Ska dates from about 1960 to mid-1966,…

Book details

Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Publication date: 7/30/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 258
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English