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Bass Culture
Bob Marley
Caribbean
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Category=AVGS
Category=AVLP
Category=JP
COP=United Kingdom
dancehall
David Rodigan
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dub
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Jamaica
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry
music history
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politics
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Rastafarianism
reggae
ska
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sound system
Studio One
Trojan Records
Product details
- ISBN 9781789145694
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 11 Apr 2022
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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 rocksteady, roots, riddims and dub, the story closes with the Reggae Revival, a new generation of Rastas as comfortable riding rhythms in a dancehall style as they are singing sweet melodies from times gone by. Impeccably informed, vibrant and heartfelt, Positive Vibrations is a passionate account of the politics in reggae, and the reggae in politics.
Stuart Borthwick is a photographer and author (with Ron Moy) of Popular Music Genres: An Introduction (2004) and The Writing on the Wall: A Visual History of Northern Ireland’s Troubles (2014).
