Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...

Reggae eBooks

If you like Reggae eBooks, then you'll love these top picks.
Showing 1 - 24 of 114 Results
Skip side bar filters
  • Remembering Peter Tosh

    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

    R182,47

  • Bob Marley

    The Untold Story

    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

    R173,64

  • Elvis - Uncensored On the Record

    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

    R54,61

  • 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

    R350,62

  • Popular Guitar Styles: Reggae & Music of the Islands

    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

    R237,27

  • Bob Marley

    The Untold Story

    A journalist's access to the music icon gives this account an "authenticity that sets the book apart from other biographies about the man and the legend" (Steve Richards, The Independent).The man who introduced reggae to a worldwide audience, Bob Marley was a hero figure in the classic, mythological sense. From humble beginnings, with talent and religious belief his only weapons, the Jamaican ... Read more

    R256,44

  • 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

    R192,27

  • Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control

    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

    R657,56

  • ReggaeStories

    Jamaican Musical Legends and Cultural Legacies

    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

    R155,12

  • 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

    R63,53 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fire Inna Dancehall

    A Legacy of Sound, Style and Struggle

    'A whistle-stop tour de force with an expert guide . . . Pure fire.' Symeon Brown'A smorgasbord of fascinating cameos . . . [Bardowell's] paid his dues, people, and now it's time to enjoy the fruits of what he's witnessed.' John Masouri, Echoes MagazineDancehall isn't just music. It's a philosophy, a survival strategy, a rebellion in riddim.Fire Inna Dancehall traces the collision of sound, style ... Read more

    R434,57

    PRE-ORDER

  • A Hit Mek

    La Musique Jamaïcaine: Une Perspective Historique

    DES PERCUSSIONS DES TAÏNOS AUX LIGNES DE BASSE PALPITANTES DES GHETTOS JAMAÏCAINS.L'ouvrage débute par une étude du peuple autochtone Taïno. Il retrace la manière dont sa musique a été influencée par la culture africaine. Il conceptualise comment la musique d'Afrique et son croisement avec ces premiers habitants des Caraïbes sont devenus, à ce jour, le pilier fondamental de la musique jamaïcaine.A ... Read more

    R111,02 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bob Marley: A Life from Beginning to End

    Biographies of Musicians

    Series series Biographies of Musicians
    Bob Marley, the most prominent reggae musician of all time, was truly an icon. He lived a life about as full as his 36 years on this earth would allow. By the time he was 16, he was in the studio making records, and although superstardom didn't come to him immediately, Marley never ceased his pursuit of it. He also never ceased in his pursuit of wisdom and spiritual wellbeing. In later life, ... Read more

    R47,49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Burning Spear

    by Eric Doumerc ...
    The career of Burning Spear - the Rastafarian roots reggae singer otherwise known as Winston Rodney ... Read more

    R63,37

  • 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

    R380,87

  • Archipelagos of Sound

    Transnational Caribbeanities, Women and Music

    Edited by Ifeona Fulani ...
    This book speaks to the remarkable global reach and influence of Caribbean musics and investigates Caribbean women, music and identity. ... Read more

    R155,12

  • So Much Things to Say

    The Oral History of Bob Marley

    “Reggae’s chief eyewitness, dropping testimony on reggae’s chief prophet with truth, blood, and fire.” —Marlon James, Man Booker Prize–winning authorRenowned reggae historian Roger Steffens’s riveting oral history of Bob Marley’s life draws on four decades of intimate interviews with band members, family, lovers, and confidants—many speaking publicly for the first time. Hailed by the New York ... Read more

    R263,68

  • No Woman No Cry

    My Life with Bob Marley

    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

    R129,36

  • Listen to Bob Marley

    The Man, the Music, the Revolution

    by Kris Greene ...
    An inspiring collection of poems, meditations, and lyrics by one of the world's most revered musical legendsBob Marley's music defined a movement and forever changed a nation. Known worldwide for their message of peace and unity, Marley's songs—from "One Love" to "Redemption Song" to "Three Little Birds"—have touched millions of lives. This collection is the best of Bob Marley presented in three ... Read more

    R240,91 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sufferah

    Memoir of a Brixton Reggae Head

    by Alex Wheatle ...
    "One of the big memoirs of the summer" i news**"A potent tale of triumph over adversity. Angry but never bitter, Wheatle's compassion shines through the pain" Observer"Alex is a truly gifted storyteller, and the way he details his own story here is no exception" JEFFREY BOAKYE**In this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed writer Alex Wheatle shows how music became his salvation through a childhood ... Read more

    R248,27

  • Babylon East

    Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan

    An important center of dancehall reggae performance, sound clashes are contests between rival sound systems: groups of emcees, tune selectors, and sound engineers. In World Clash 1999, held in Brooklyn, Mighty Crown, a Japanese sound system and the only non-Jamaican competitor, stunned the international dancehall community by winning the event. In 2002, the Japanese dancer Junko Kudo became the ... Read more

    R510,70

  • Reggae, Rastafari, and the Rhetoric of Social Control

    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

    R365,34

  • Bob Marley

    L’icône du reggae

    Series Book 51 - Grandes Personnalités
    Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Bob Marley en moins d'une heure !Personnalité incontournable de la culture populaire, Bob Marley a connu un succès à l'échelle mondiale, autant pour sa carrière musicale que pour ses combats idéologiques. Au-delà de ses textes qui prônent la paix, il chante aussi l'amour avec notamment One Love en 1977. Près de 40 ans après sa mort, il reste un symbole ... Read more

    R200,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ska

    The Rhythm of Liberation

    Series series Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture
    Like other major music genres, ska reflects, reveals, and reacts to the genesis and migration from its Afro-Caribbean roots and colonial origins to the shores of England and back across the Atlantic to the United States. Without ska music, there would be no reggae or Bob Marley, no British punk and pop blends, no American soundtrack to its various subcultures.In Ska: The Rhythm of Liberation, ... Read more

    R873,07