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Reggae & Caribbean Music

Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion

Dave Thompson

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English
Backbeat Books
01 May 2002
More than a listener's guide

this book reveals the rich historical development of a regional music that is now embraced worldwide. Packed with incisive essays

ratings and reviews of 2 700 recordings

plus fantastic photos and engaging biographies

this guide captures the allure of reggae

calypso

dancehall

rock steady

soca and other evocative styles of the entire English-speaking Caribbean region past and present. Featured artists include: Bob Marley and the Wailers

Jimmy Cliff

Peter Tosh

Lord Kitchener

Arrow

Lee

Scratch

Perry

Buju Banton

Brother Resistance

Prince Buster

David Rudder

Wailing Souls and many others.

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Imprint:   Backbeat Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 227mm,  Width: 189mm,  Spine: 34mm
Weight:   1.125kg
ISBN:   9780879306557
ISBN 10:   0879306556
Pages:   546
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Carnival history & winners -- Artist/genre profiles -- The producers -- Directory of singles.

Dave Thompson has published over 70 rock music books, including the best-selling Never Fade Away: The Kurt Cobain Story. He has written articles for Alternative Press, Rolling Stone, Mojo, Goldmine, Melody Maker, Record Collector and many others, as well as liner notes for such artists as Lou Reed and Pink Floyd. Thompson also wrote the Third Ear guides Funk and Alternative Rock.

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