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As the ubiquitous Jamaican musician Bob Marley once famously sang, half the story has never been told. This rings particularly true for the little-known women in Jamaican music who comprise significantly less than half of the Caribbean nation''s musical landscape. This book covers the female contribution to Jamaican music and its subgenres through dozens of interviews with vocalists, instrumentalists, bandleaders, producers, deejays and supporters of the arts. Relegated to marginalized spaces, these pioneering women fought for their claim to the spotlight amid oppressive conditions to help create and shape Jamaica''s musical heritage.

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    A Paperback by Heather Augustyn

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: 1/9/2020
      ISBN13: 9781476680958, 978-1476680958
      ISBN10: 1476680957

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      Book Synopsis

      As the ubiquitous Jamaican musician Bob Marley once famously sang, half the story has never been told. This rings particularly true for the little-known women in Jamaican music who comprise significantly less than half of the Caribbean nation''s musical landscape. This book covers the female contribution to Jamaican music and its subgenres through dozens of interviews with vocalists, instrumentalists, bandleaders, producers, deejays and supporters of the arts. Relegated to marginalized spaces, these pioneering women fought for their claim to the spotlight amid oppressive conditions to help create and shape Jamaica''s musical heritage.

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