This compendium of reggae features, in alphabetical order, the history of Jamaican music from the derivation of Mento to Dancehall. It includes the discography...
Secondhand signed copy with inscriptionIn the early seventies, Reg Stickings and his mates immersed themselves in a phenomenon epitomised by clubs like...
For generations Jamaica has been seen as the home of reggae music, spawning international icons from Bob Marley to Burning Spear, artists whose defiant...
Brand new edition of Soul Jazz Records’ massive deluxe 400-page Punk 45s cover art book edited and compiled by Jon Savage (author of the seminal book...
Rita Marley was not just Bob Marley's wife and the mother of four of his children, but also his backing singer and friend, life-long companion and soul...
This new instalment of New Orleans Funk subtitled 'Two-Way-Pocky-Way, Gumbo Ya Ya and the Mardi Gras Mambo' features more classic New Orleans funk in all...
A blistering collection of ska tunes from Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd's legendary Studio One Records, Jamaica's foundation label of reggae music. Featuring...
French duo Daft Punk are redefining modern dance music by bringing the musicians back. Hip-hop legends De La Soul keep the team together even after twenty...
Over a period of 7 months and more than 7000 kilometres travelling around the island, Clive Frost worked with the permission of the Cuban authorities...
Gary Indiana narrates the life of the extraordinary and controversial artist and sets his seminal work in the context of a turbulent, revolutionary age....
A unique history of Cuba, captured in the life and times of the famous rum dynasty - Bacardi. This is the story, across five generations, of one family,...
A comprehensive history of crime and corruption in Cuba, "The Cuban Connection" challenges the common view that widespread poverty and geographic proximity...
In America's long march toward racial equality, small acts of courage by men and women whose names we don't recall have contributed mightily to our nation's...
Vintage U.S.-made cars on the streets of Havana provide a common representation of Cuba. Journalist Richard Schweid, who traveled throughout the island...
This is a world of elderly ladies and shopping bags, firemen battling blazing thatched roofs, days out at the seaside, and cricket on the village green....