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Reggae eBooks

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  • Bob Marley

    The Untold Story

    by Chris Salewicz ...
    What was it about Bob Marley that made him so popular in a world dominated by rock’n’roll?How is that he has not only remained the single most successful reggae artist ever, but has also become a shining beacon of radicalism and peace to generation after generation of fans across the globe?On May 11, 1981, a little after 11.30 in the morning, Bob Marley died. The man who introduced reggae to a ... Read more

    10,91 €

  • Bob Marley: The Complete Guide to his Music

    by Ian McCann, Harry Hawke ...
    The indispensable guide to the music of Bob Marley. An album by album, track by track, examination of every song released by Marley and the Wailers from the early sessions in Jamaica to the Island recordings and compilations released after Marley's death.Featuring details of Marley's recordings for Studio One, Leslie Kong, Lee Perry, Island and Tuff Gong Productions, this is the ultimate gift for ... Read more

    8,26 €

  • Sonic Experience

    by Jean-François Augoyard ...
    While acknowledging the significant gains modernity and post-modernity offer Western civilization in the areas of liberty and knowledge Schmitz sees in their arguments a superficiality that does not "bite to the bone." In The Recovery of Wonder he proposes we approach the world as a gift in order to regain the sense of wonder Shakespeare so eloquently recognized. ... Read more

    21,19 €

  • Pay for Play: An Investigation into the Payola System in Jamaica

    Single Book, #1

    by Shavane J. Daley ...
    Series Book 1 - Single Book
    This body of work explores the system of payola and the impact it has on the music and broadcast industry in Jamaica, specifically the dancehall space, radio and tv. Theories such as capitalism and the hierarchy culture, ideas such as public and private payola emerge from this work and the idea of reconstructing the music industry's structure. ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • Bob Marley and Media

    Representation and Audiences

    by Mike Hajimichael ...
    Series series Popular Musics Matter: Social, Political and Cultural Interventions
    Bob Marley and Media: Representation and Audiences presents an analysis of how media, radio, television and print represented Bob Marley, including his popularity after his death. Mike Hajimichael examines unexplored connections between Bob Marley and media representation and the specifics of audiences, including coverage in tabloids, music magazines, and fanzines, as well as radio and television ... Read more

    Was 35,29 € Now 30,52 €

  • Buyers Beware

    Insurgency and Consumption in Caribbean Popular Culture

    by Patricia Joan Saunders ...
    Series series Critical Caribbean Studies
    Buyers Beware offers a new perspective for critical inquiries about the practices of consumption in (and of) Caribbean popular culture. The book revisits commonly accepted representations of the Caribbean from “less respectable” segments of popular culture such as dancehall culture and 'sistah lit' that proudly jettison any aspirations toward middle-class respectability. Treating these pop ... Read more

    25,11 €

  • The Islander

    My Life in Music and Beyond

    by Chris Blackwell, Paul Morley ...
    An Uncut Magazine Book of the YearA Telegraph Book of the YearA Financial Times Book of the Year'An adventurer, an entrepreneur, a buccaneer, a visionary' - BONOAs the founder of Island Records, renowned music producer Chris Blackwell has discovered and worked with some of the most legendary artists of the second half of the twentieth century - from Steve Winwood to Cat Stevens, Bob Marley to ... ... Read more

    6,14 €

  • Not For You. Pearl Jam, vivir en presente

    by Ronen Givony ...
    Translated by Manuel de la Fuente Soler ...
    Series series Libros Singulares (LS)
    Not For You. Pearl Jam, vivir en presente es la primera biografía completa de una de las bandas más importantes de las últimas décadas, surgida en Seatle en los años 90. Polémica y divertida al mismo tiempo, Not for You explora los orígenes y la evolución de Perl Jam a lo largo de treinta años, desde su fundación (Ten), en plena irrupción del grunge, en 1991; a través de su época dorada (Vs., ... Read more

    Was 15,98 € Now 6,39 €

  • Elvis - Uncensored On the Record

    by Anthony Massally ...
    This is the true story of the King as told by those who lived and toured with him. This eBook features intimate interviews with the musicians who worked with Elvis, including DJ Fontana, Scotty Moore, The Jordanaires and The Stamps Quartet, shed new light on the creative process behind the hits and what went on in the studio.The true back stage story is told by Presley tour veterans such as tour ... Read more

    2,99 €

  • Inglan is a bitch

    Vita e opere di Linton Kwesi Johnson

    by Mara Surace ...
    Ci sono personaggi che diventano simboli del proprio tempo e come tali sono vivisezionati e pubblicati in ogni dove con decine di volumi, documentari e film, altri invece vengono misteriosamente dimenticati. Uno di loro si chiama Linton Kwesi Johnson. Inglan is a bitch, il titolo della sua canzone più famosa, è uno dei primi libri biografici che esce in Italia sull’inventore della dub poetry e ... Read more

    6,99 €

  • Bruno Mars

    by Emily Herbert ...
    Bruno Mars conquered the music industry with far-reaching flair, selling over 115 million records worldwide as a singer, producer and as a songwriter. Bruno Mars, the book, documents his childhood in Honolulu and how he found fame from the age of four, before spreading his wings and scaling the seemingly unassailable stronghold of the music industry. ... Read more

    8,47 €

  • Words of Our Mouth, Meditations of Our Heart

    Pioneering Musicians of Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, and Dancehall

    by Kenneth Bilby ...
    Series series Music / Interview
    This is the first book devoted to the studio musicians who were central to Jamaica's popular-music explosion. With color portraits and interview excerpts, over 100 musical pioneers—such as Prince Buster, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and many of Bob Marley's early musical collaborators—provide new insights into the birth of Jamaican popular music in the recording studios of ... Read more

    15,47 €

  • Popular Guitar Styles: Reggae & Music of the Islands

    by Burkhard "Buck" Wolters ...
    Popular Guitar Styles: Reggae and Music of the Islands reflects recent popular styles and transfers them to classical or fingerstyle technique. Guitar players who want to add reggae or Island music to their solo-repertoire will find an original and unique collection of compositions which will give joy to both players and listeners. The playing-level is intermediate to advance. Left-hand ... Read more

    11,59 €

  • Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley's Wailers

    by John Masouri ...
    This full-blooded story of The Wailers puts the life, music and death of the legendary Bob Marley into a razor-sharp new perspective.The Wailers played with Marley on all of the hit singles and albums that made him a legend, yet their story since his death is a little-known saga of betrayal, greed and murder that is told here in its entirety for the first time.Written in collaboration with Aston ... Read more

    8,26 €

  • And the Roots of Rhythm Remain

    by Joe Boyd ...
    Series Book 6 - ZE Series
    From the legendary producer of Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, REM, and Taj Mahal and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour of the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.When Paul Simon first heard the Zulu accordion flourish that would open his multi-platinum album Graceland, he told Joe Boyd that it seemed to ... Read more

    16,10 €

  • No Woman No Cry

    My Life with Bob Marley

    by Rita Marley, Hettie Jones ...
    A revealing memoir of Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley from the woman who knew him better than anyone—his wife.Rita Marley met Bob Marley in a recording studio in Trench Town, Jamaica when she was eighteen. A year later, they were married. The two of them set the world on fire. But life with Bob was not easy.Written with author Hettie Jones, No Woman No Cry is an honest account of Bob and Rita’s ... Read more

    Was 8,99 € Now 7,99 €

  • Remembering Peter Tosh

    by Edited by Ceil Tulloch ...
    As one-third of the Wailers, icons of reggae music, the late Winston Hubert McIntosh, better known as Peter Tosh, continues to gain many fans all over the world. By way of his hugely successful solo career, many people knew Tosh to be a hard-hitting, unapologetic and controversial artiste, who spoke the truth in his lyrics and brought attention to the plight of the poor and downtrodden, both at ... Read more

    8,91 €

  • Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control

    by Stephen A. King, Barry T. Bays III, P. Renà Foster ...
    Who changed Bob Marley's famous peace-and-love anthem into "Come to Jamaica and feel all right"?When did the Rastafarian fighting white colonial power become the smiling Rastaman spreading beach towels for American tourists?Drawing on research in social movement theory and protest music, Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control traces the history and rise of reggae and the story of ... Read more

    28,93 €

  • ReggaeStories

    Jamaican Musical Legends and Cultural Legacies

    by Racquel Bernard, Robin Clarke, Christian E. López-Negrete Miranda, Klaus Näumann, Anna Kasafi Perkins ...
    ReggaeStories provides a range of perspectives on the development of Jamaican popular music and culture, in particular reggae and dancehall, and opens the door to new debates on these music forms and their producers and creators. It moves through early musical debates and incendiary intellectual contributions in Jamaican reggae to trace Jamaican popular music in new geographical locales and then ... Read more

    8,47 €

  • Bob Marley: Música Visual:

    by David Brooks ...
    En 1980, cuando era un joven fotógrafo, David Brooks tuvo un golpe de suerte y fue invitado personalmente a realizar una gira en Estados Unidos con Bob Marley y The Wailers.Marley tuvo que acortar la gira, debido a su enfermedad y, trágicamente, esas actuaciones fueron las últimas. Esta es la increíble historia del viaje de carretera y de las fotos de los camerinos de la última actuación de la ... Read more

    8,91 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bob Marley

    Biography of the Jamaican Pioneer of Reggae Music

    by Kelly Mass ...
    Robert Nesta Marley, OM, born on February 6, 1945, and transcending into eternity on May 11, 1981, was more than a mere musician; he was a luminary figure who indelibly shaped the landscape of Jamaican music. Renowned as a singer, songwriter, and musician, Marley's artistic journey was an exquisite fusion of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, underscored by his distinctive voice and unique compositional ... Read more

    2,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Power Of The Word: Jamaican Deejays in the 1970s

    by Eric Doumerc ...
    A tribute to the Jamaican deejays who started the jiving or toasting tradition in the 1950s and 1960s and then refined it in the 1970s when it reached its golden age. Some of these deejays like U-Roy, I-Roy, and Dillinger had international careers and became quite popular in Europe in the mid-1970s. Others had to be contented with local careers and were less successful as recording artists. But ... Read more

    3,49 €

  • The Quelbe Commentary 1672-2012

    Anthropology in Virgin Islands Music

    by Dale Francis ...
    Explore the rich heritage, contemporary culture, and society of the Virgin Islands by delving into its wonderful music.Dale Francis, a resident of the Virgin Islands whose ancestry there dates back to the early 1700s, examines what Africans, Europeans, and Tainos contributed to Virgin Islands quelbe. He also chronicles key genres that were played between 1672 and 2012.As you immerse yourself into ... Read more

    11,44 €

  • Positive Vibrations

    Politics, Politricks and the Story of Reggae

    by Stuart Borthwick ...
    Positive Vibrations tells of how reggae was shaped by, and in turn helped to shape, the politics of Jamaica and beyond, from the rudies of Kingston to the sexual politics and narcotic allegiances of the dancehall. Insightful and full of incident, it explores how the music of a tiny Caribbean island has worked its way into the heart of global pop.From Marcus Garvey’s dreams of Zion, through ska and ... Read more

    27,02 €