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Dancehall is at the centre of Jamaican musical and cultural life. From its roots in Kingston in the 1950s to its heyday in the 1980s, Dancehall has conquered the globe, spreading to the USA, the UK, Canada, Japan and beyond. This is its definitive story. The book features hundreds of exclusive photographs and accompanying text that capture a previously unseen era of musical culture, fashion and lifestyle. Dancehall is a culture that encompasses music, fashion, drugs, guns, art, community, technology and more. Born in the 1950s out of the neighbourhood jams of Kingston, Dancehall grew to its height in the 1980s before a massive influx of drugs and guns made the scene too dangerous for many. Beth Lessers book tells this story from its roots to its heights. Living in Jamaica in the late 1970s/early 1980s, she photographed and documented a cultural explosion as producers, singers, DJs and soundmen made a living out of the slums of Kingston. In the early 1980s, as Jamaica was in the throes of political and gang violence, Beth Lesser ventured where few others dared and this book is a never-before-seen record of the exciting, dangerous and vibrant world of Dancehall.
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Having grown up in a west lndian household l wanted to know about the evolution of music from Jamaica. During my childhood l grew up with US music including Fats Dominoe and Jim Reeves prior to the Ska Rock steady and roots reggae,so it was with great interest l read the rise of dancehall. There is a vast amount of information here and some wonderful pictures of some vintage artists, sadly some no longer with us.Beth Lesser provides information and pictures that anyone that loves sweet reggae music will enjoy! Its a big book in size but hugely readable.
I can smell the jerk chicken and feel the cold red stripe as l turn each page.Yes Beth, large up yourself gal!
I can smell the jerk chicken and feel the cold red stripe as l turn each page.Yes Beth, large up yourself gal!
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This book offers great insight into a culture that still remains largely a homegrown experience. Try as we might, there just is no way anyone can ever fully recreate the sheer explosiveness and creativity that emerged from one tiny likkle island in the Caribbean so many years ago; but it sure is fun to keep a dance yard-style. Sure the dancehall 'style' has been adopted on many a foreign soil, and spawned a multi-million dollar industry (Hip-Hop anyone?), but ah no anyone can do it like they do ina Jamdown. Nor can one ever hope to see such photos unless they're from Yard, or know someone who lived in JA during the 80's. This book is just large. If you consider yourself a dancehall fan you would do well to get your hands on a copy of this book, fi real. You'll learn a lot.
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THE SARTORIALIST Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The Reading List... Dancehall
I love when I find a book that investigates a particular scene or sub-culture. Beth Lesser's Dancehall captures the Jamaican Dancehall culture of the 1980s with the same level of sincerity and curiosity that Brassai exhibited while capturing Paris nightlife in the 1930s.
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THE SARTORIALIST Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The Reading List... Dancehall
I love when I find a book that investigates a particular scene or sub-culture. Beth Lesser's Dancehall captures the Jamaican Dancehall culture of the 1980s with the same level of sincerity and curiosity that Brassai exhibited while capturing Paris nightlife in the 1930s.
33 comments
Posted in Book Features, Men
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