ABSTRACT

First published in 1987. This is a book about the music of the Caribbean - from calypso and ska through to Reggae and Caribbean club culture.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction: the two Jamaicas

chapter 1|6 pages

Slavery days

chapter 2|6 pages

West African roots, West Indian flowers

chapter 3|8 pages

The music of Trinidad

chapter 4|4 pages

Reggae and other Caribbean music

chapter 6|12 pages

The Rastafarians

chapter 7|10 pages

The roots of reggae: black American music

chapter 8|4 pages

Rocksteady and the rude boy era

chapter 9|8 pages

Reggae

chapter 10|8 pages

Dub and talk over

chapter 11|16 pages

Dread in a Inglan

chapter 12|12 pages

Ska tissue: the rise and fall of Two Tone

chapter 13|6 pages

Sister Posse forward: is this the future?

chapter 4|8 pages

teen Slack style and Seaga

chapter 17|12 pages

Fast style reggae: designer label roots