Provides a complete historic overview of the sounds of the entire English-speaking Caribbean region, bringing together informative essays on the development of

The classic introduction to the Caribbean's popular music brought up to date.

First published in 1995, Caribbean Currents has become the definitive guide to the distinctive musics of this region of the world. This third edition of the awa

A history of Jamaica's contribution to world culture--reggae--traces the history of the form from African rhythms to the slums of Kingston and the international

The team of writer Chris Salewicz and photographer Adrian Boot have brought together 50,000 words of text and over 400 images from the ReggaeXplosion Archive to