Reggae Album Covers

This book is primarily focused of the Dacehall and digital explosion of the 1980s, and it’s a wonderful book packed full of interviews and photographs. This definitive study of the 1980s Jamaican Dancehall scene features hundreds of exclusive photographs and an accompanying text that capture a vibrant, globally influential and yet rarely documented culture that [...]

This is a beast of a book, coming in at 368 pages, but it’s pretty much the only encyclopedia of Caribbean that you’ll need. Epic in scope and a brilliant read (as well as an invaluable reference book). From Booklist Caribbean Popular Music provides insight into the lives of Caribbean musicians and the styles they [...]

This is a fascinating and often academic look at Dancehall music in Jamaica. Dancehall music is too often easily dismissed by the media as lacking depth, but this book serves as a study of dancehall music in all its forms and gives it the intelligient attention that it often deserves. Essential book. Publishers Weekly “Arguing [...]

From Publishers Weekly Though less than comprehensive, Steffens and Simon’s illustrated history of reggae music is nonetheless essential reading on the subject. The duo have spent decades covering the genre (Steffens as the founder of reggae magazine The Beat, Simon as an award-winning photographer), and they enthusiastically share their bounty in this interactive scrapbook packed [...]

This is the book that Dub deserves. It’s an academic approach to looking at the development of Dub music within the reggae genre and is a must have on any reggae fans bookshelf. Review “Veal deftly outlines the sociopolitical context in which dub arose, and explains how the cut-corner, make-do economics of the Jamaican record [...]