Reggae: A History – Nonfiction

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Offering analysis and key interviews, John Masouri‘s Pressure Drop: Reggae in the Seventies chronicles reggae’s most tumultuous and influential decade. The music flourished against a backdrop of political upheaval, gang warfare, Black Nationalism, racial and class discrimination, and grinding poverty. Brutal and revelatory, it gave birth to DJs, dub, rockers, and early dancehall. Moderated by writer-musician Randall Grass.
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JOHN MASOURI is a British author and music journalist renowned for his writings about reggae, dancehall and their various offshoots. Over the past 35 years he’s interviewed and written about many of the genre’s best-known names, chiefly for Echoes (UK) and publications in France, Germany, and Japan. His books include the bestseller Pressure Drop: Reggae in the Seventies and two previous titles for Omnibus Press – Steppin’ Razor: The Life Of Peter Tosh and Wailing Blues: The Story of Bob Marley’s Wailers. He’s also a regular speaker at reggae and literary events, and a contributor to all forms of reggae media.

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