Jamaica is a small country in the Caribbean, 146 miles wide and populated by fewer than three million people. Nevertheless, it has exerted a more powerful hold on international popular music than any
The 1960s marked the dawning of a new era - and nowhere was this more manifest than in black America. Social shifts and artistic attitudes fuelled by flower power, as well as opportunities afforded by
The 1960s marked the dawning of a new era - and nowhere was this more manifest than in black America. Social shifts and artistic attitudes fuelled by flower power, as well as opportunities afforded by
The first major account of the history of reggae, black music journalist Lloyd Bradley describes its origins and development in Jamaica, from ska to rock-steady to dub and then to reggae itself, a loc
"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."Did you know Pope John VIII was actually a woman? Or that the U.S. Government smashed a bacteria-laden lightbulb in a New York subway station in 1966
From its beginnings in 1959 with a local Jamaican album release, Island Records has brought a global audience to the works of Bob Marley, U2, Cat Stevens, Steve Windwood, John Martyn, and Nick Drake a
The definitive guide to the secret sauce of improving public and population healthNontraditional collaborations have produced some of the most sweeping, health-improving results in recent memory. But
