ROGER STEFFENS ("Ras RoJah") is the founding editor of the genre's best magazine, The Beat. He has hosted hundreds of local, national, and international radio and television programs, including his own Los Angeles radio show, Reggae Beat. His articles have appeared in Rolling Stone, Spin, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and other influential publications.

PETER SIMON is a widely exhibited, award-winning photographer and author of many books including Reggae Bloodlines and Reggae International. Simon's work has been featured in many national publications including Newsweek, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone.

Reggae legend JIMMY CLIFF is best known for his starring role in The Harder They Come as well as his more than two dozen albums. [Edit review] [Delete review]

From its birth in the vibrant Kingston ghettos through it phenomenal popularity in the 1970s to its iconic standing in today's global culture, reggae and its close relations--ska, rock steady, dj, dub, dancehall, and raggamuffin--have taken the world by storm.

In The Reggae Scrapbook, scintillating words and images propel our appreciation of Jamaican music into the 21st century. Accomanying us on this journey is one of the men who introduced reggae to America and helped rock the world with its syncopated beat, Roger Steffens.

Through lectures, books, magazine articles, radio, and television, Steffens has shared his knowledge of reggae around the globe as the world's premier archivist and collector of reggae memorabilia. Here he traces reggae's history and roots, supplemented by an audio CD featuring interviews with such reggae greats as Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff and "Toots" Hibbert.

Divided into chapters on "Roots and Ska," "Rock... [More...] [Edit review] [Delete review]