2000 - Le Reggae "Ska,Dub,Dj,Ragga,Rastafari" - Bruno Blum

Title : Le Reggae "Ska,Dub,Dj,Ragga,Rastafari"
Author : Bruno Blum
Publisher : Librio Musique
ISBN : 2-290-31709-8
Year : 2000


A book , in a pocket size , released in france in 2000.

The author , Bruno Blum , the complete wailers comes to mind instantly :)

he left france to goes to London in 1976 and was involved in the punk scene
with his band "Private Vice", in 1977 he worked for the french magazine "rock & folk"
who did severals articles about bob and the wailers.

Later in the 90s he was part of the complete wailers project and now he's focused on his own reggae music.

the whole book is 90 pages long and is cut in 14 chapters :

-preface (Sly & Robbie)
-prologue (Bruno Blum)
-chapter 1 : De Marcus Garvey Aux rastas
-chapter 2 : Les Musiques traditionnelles
-chapter 3 : Jazz,rythm & blues et sound systems
-chapter 4 : Le Ska
-chapter 5 : Rude Boys et rock steady
-chapter 6 : La Naissance du reggae
-chapter 7 : Dj,mixeurs et bricoleurs de genie
-chapter 8 : L'age d'or du reggae
-chapter 9 : le Reggae a la conquete de l'Europe
-chapter 10 : L'Apres-Marley
-chapter 11 : De l'Afrique au monde entier
-chapter 12 : Raggamuffin
-chapter 13 : Tension sur le Guetto
-chapter 14 : French Reggae Party

Annexes :
glossary (from Ancients to Zion)
discography (by genre :mento ,ska,rock steady,early reggae,roots reggae,roots dub,roots dj,dancehall,ragga,nu roots)
bibliography (13 references, that's short, specially when ya think the huge numbers of book related to reggae music)
internet sites (6 links only but the book in his original edition is from 2000)
greetings

The preface was written by Sly Dumbar and Robbie Shakespeare




Additional Informations And Comments :

- Thanks to Bruno Blum