Words of Our Mouth, Meditations of Our Heart: Pioneering Musicians of Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, and Dancehall

by Kenneth M. Bilby

Celebrating the legendary studio musicians of Jamaican popular music through personal photographs and interviews

This is the first book devoted to the studio musicians who were central to Jamaica's popular-music explosion. With color portraits and interview excerpts, over 100 musical pioneers--such as Prince Buster, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and many of Bob Marley's early musical collaborators--provide new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819575887
• ISBN13: 9780819575883
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.9"