Solid Foundation: An Oral History of Reggae
2003 / 2004
I started reading but did not come to an end. There is the fourth or fifth version of the history of Jamaican music and we have to look for the NEWS. There were some statements by Rico and that's good; but he was heard only concerning the early days. Nothing about his history during the 1960s, 1970s ...
So there is the Jamaican history, not the history in the London-/UK-diaspora.
Synopsis
Reggae is arguably one of the most influential music genres, with countless contemporary styles drawing on its rhythm. This Jamaican creation is at the root of such popular forms as rap, jungle and techno. Over the last 10 years David Katz sought out and interviewed over 100 of reggae's most important figures to speak of their roles in the music progression and discuss the music's wider impact in this text.
take a walk through the grassroots of jamaican music, April 19, 2004
Reviewer: david willemsen from arnhem Netherlands
it is really great to walk with david katz through the history of jamaican music. so much more became clear to me as he choose to write AN ORAL HISTORY. it's like you travel through jamaica and hear what the 250 key-people of reggae have to say about how the musical culture came about. he let's them talk instead of making up stories and believes himself. so in the end YOU can make up yourself what are the right stories and what is important. i thank katz a lot! absolute the best read i've red about the tresure isle.