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Author Alleyne, Mike (Michael Randolph), author.

Title The encyclopedia of reggae : the golden age of roots reggae / by Mike Alleyne ; foreword by Sly Dunbar.

Publication Info. New York : Sterling, [2012]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  781.64609 Al53e 2012    ---  Available
Description 332 pages. : color illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes discographies, bibliographical references (pages 320-321), and index.
Contents Abbyssinians-Aswad ; Theophilus Beckford-Junior Byles ; Cornell Campbell-culture ; Lloyd Daley-Lucky Dube ; Clancy Eccles-the Ethiopians ; Folkes Brothers ; Boris Gardiner-Marcia Griffiths ; Beres Hammond-Keith Hudson ; I-Roy-Israel Vibration ; Linton Kwesi Johnson-Judge Dread ; Ini Kamoze-Leslie Kong ; Bunny Lee-lovers rock ; Tommy McCook-Mystic Revealers ; Johnny Nash-Native ; Jackie Opel ; Augustus Pable-Prince Far I ; Randy's Records-Michael Rose ; Sanctuary Records-Studio One ; Lynn Taitt-Trojan Records ; U-Roy-UB40 ; Virgin Records-VP Records ; Bunny Wailer-Delroy Wilson ; Xterminator Records ; Yabby You ; Tappa Zukie -- Sidebars. Reggae festivals ; Reggae on film ; Dub ; Rastafarianism ; Reggae album covers ; Kingston ; Chinese Jamaicans ; Cultural roots ; International reggae ; Women in reggae ; Soudn systems ; Jamaican politics and popular culture ; Ganja ; Dancehall.
Subject Reggae music -- History and criticism -- Encyclopedias.
Reggae musicians -- Encyclopedias.
Added Author Dunbar, Sly, writer of foreword.
ISBN 9781402785832 (pbk.)
1402785836 (pbk.)

 
    
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