Reggae ja Ska

What is the relationship between poetry and social change?Standing at the forefront of political poetry since the 1970s, Linton Kwesi Johnson has been fighting neo-fascism, police …

Born in 1953 to Anglo-Jewish/Nigerian parents, Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white, working class family in Romford. Never quite at home there, she escaped her small …

Two worlds, Two Paths, One Turbulent Path Leading to Love.Kayla Jackson and Richard Patterson have no reason to cross paths. Life for Kayla on the charming island of St. Croix, …

In The Music Gods are Real: Volume 1 - The Road to the Show, I take my readers along for the ride as I continue on my spiritual path, this time with music as my guide. This book …

A hybrid of reggae and rap, reggaeton is a music with Spanish-language lyrics and Caribbean aesthetics that has taken Latin America, the United States, and the world by storm. …

This is a comprehensive biography of a brilliant musician who forever shaped the course of ska, reggae, and popular music worldwide, only to take the life of his lover and in so …

These plenary lectures from the “Global Reggae” conference convened at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica in 2008 eloquently exemplify the breadth and depth of …

Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career …

'A masterwork' - Roger SteffensPeter Tosh: the rude boy, the radical, the Rasta. A founding member of The Wailers and a compelling recording artist in his own right, Tosh was much …