From this Saturday, July 15, you can already buy in advance ‘La Isla del Tesoro. History of Jamaican Music of the 20th Century’ (2023, VVAA, Caligrama). A book that portrays the history of reggae until 2022 and whose promotion we wanted to join from Rototom Sunsplash.
The book is available now for pre-sale at store.rototom.com. In addition, you will be able to get a copy during the festival at the point of sale set up at the venue.
To learn more about the details of ‘Treasure Island’, take note. On August 16, the first day of the Rototom Sunsplash 2023, at 7 p.m., the Reggae University will be the stage chosen for the exclusive presentation of this publication, which brings together for the first time in a single volume of almost 600 pages, in Spanish and through the voices of a dozen of the greatest specialists of the genre in Spain, the milestones of Jamaican music.
In an encyclopedic format but narrated in the style of journalistic chronicles, the publication “goes far beyond the figure and commercial impact of Bob Marley and not only talks about artists, but also about the social, political and cultural ups and downs that gave way to the different changes in the style of Jamaican music,” he explains. Carlos Monty, one of the promoters of this “cult object”, and who will be accompanied at the official presentation of the Reggae University by Ragnampaisser, Dr. Decker and David Katz.
‘La Isla del Tesoro’ is a “unique book” that “repairs the historical injustice of the lack of knowledge about Jamaican music that the language barrier had led to in the Spanish-speaking world”, according to its authors.