The eternal rhythm is the vital conduit that links music through breath to life itself. Don Cherry certainly lived music. And his music is alive.When he...
“Everyone is female, and everyone hates it.”So begins Andrea Long Chu’s genre-defying investigation into sex and lies, desperate artists and reckless...
On 10 June 2020, the scholar James Nwoye Adichie died suddenly in Nigeria.
In this tender and powerful essay, expanded from the original New Yorker text,...
When a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead...
Brooklyn’s Empire Rollerdrome opened its doors in 1941 and soon became the borough’s premier destination for recreational and competitive roller skating....
A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society...
One of the most acclaimed and internationally bestselling "unforgettable" (New York Times) debuts of the 2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson's London-set love story...
'Library Music', also known as source music and occasionally mood music, was made for people who needed cheap background music for commercials, animations,...
Stunning new book by Jeremy Collingwood charting the musical output of Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd during the period 1960-66.
As well as Studio One, this...
n Kingston, Jamaica, Ras Fire is murdered, a Dutch Rasta man with very special characteristics. Johan Bode travels to Jamaica to investigate the case on...
This book is killer!
Written and first published in 1985, sections include Tropicalia, New Orleans r and b, reggae, rara and salsa. Clear writing, great...
We got some more! New large format softback edition
BOMB REGGAE BOOK!!
Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama...
Dub companion album to Black Emperor Vol 2 (Vocals) with Lee Perry’s experiments in sound at his most creative peak during the middle to late 70s..on...
Killer New Orleans Funk rarity!
Inell Young's searing vocal performance backed by the unbelievably funky James Black's seriously awesome second-line...