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Solid Foundation
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Solid Foundation

by David Katz

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ebook / ISBN-13: 9781399606158

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Genre: Biography & True Stories / Biography: General / Biography: Arts & Entertainment

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How did the music of a small island in the Caribbean have such a tremendous influence on today's pop? It might not be such a bad idea to ask the people who made it happen; and that's exactly what Katz has done
Guardian
A cracking read
Mojo
Punctuated by gunshots, the reggae beat throbs through this assiduous oral history...revealing the harsh background from which this vital music emerged, Katz's transcriptions bring reggae giants like Big Youth, King Tubby and Prince Buster vividly to life
Independent
Solid Foundation is a welcome addition to the narrow shelf of books that move beyond simplistic views of reggae
Record Collector
The definitive history of reggae told through exclusive interviews with the genre's greatest innovators
Sunday Herald
Solid Foundation goes the extra yard to become a defining text, with Katz interviewing virtually every survivor from the island's 60s and 70s music scenes...it is a necessary work
The Wire

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