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DATE 11/27/2023

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DATE 11/23/2023

Happy Thanksgiving from Artbook | D.A.P.!

DATE 11/20/2023

Holiday Gift Staff Pick: Kerry James Marshall: The Complete Prints

DATE 11/17/2023

Fotografiska presents a book signing with Andrew Dosunmu

DATE 11/17/2023

Shaggy and spontaneous, 'The New York Tapes' collects Alan Solomon’s mid-60s interviews for television

DATE 11/17/2023

Book Soup presents the LA launch of 'Stephen Hilger: In the Alley'

DATE 11/15/2023

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DATE 11/15/2023

Havoc and stardust in Bruce Gilden's 'Haiti'

DATE 11/14/2023

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DATE 11/13/2023

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DATE 11/13/2023

‘Going Dark’ probes the stakes of being seen


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 "Little John, George Phang and Friends" from
CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 2/12/2018

Celebrate Black History with 'Dancehall'

Featured image, of Little John, George Phang and friends, is reproduced from Dancehall: The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture, a staff favorite for Black History Month. “In a poor country where, in the early days, owning a radio was a luxury, people found ways to satisfy their musical craving… The poor man or woman in the ghetto had no access to expensive entertainment, so the man with the turntable and a few records was king… All he would have to do is set up his turntable and speaker, and play a few tunes out in the open air, where people could hear them, and a crowd would gather. To add to their appeal, these improvised soundsystems would also play records that didn’t get played on the radio stations…”

Dancehall

Dancehall

SOUL JAZZ BOOKS
Pbk, 11.75 x 11.75 in. / 216 pgs / 400 color.





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