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Steve Barrow (born 29 September 1945) is a British reggae historiographer, chronologist, archivist, journalist, curator, writer, promoter, sound system operator, record-label owner and producer. Steve Barrow Interview – Midnight Raver website (29 March 2013). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
In 1993 Barrow co-founded the Blood and Fire record label with Simply Red's Mick Hucknall, specialising in reissuing older roots reggae and spiritual dubwise Jamaican music. Steve Barrow Interview – Reggae News (Summer 2002). . Retrieved 24 April 2013. Barrow's extensive knowledge of reggae was the catalyst for the creation of the Jamaican Reggae Archive Project which is funded and owned by Chris Blackwell with Barrow as de facto chronologist, historiographer and curator. Between 1994 and 1995, Barrow (along with Don Letts and Rick Elwood) conducted a series of interviews with Jamaican artists for the archive that aimed to preserve the history of the music. The interviews and other related material were an important factor in the writing of the book The Rough Guide to Reggae. Steve Barrow Interview – Mod Culture website (10 March 2012). Retrieved 21 April 2013. The reggae author David Katz credits Barrow's personal recommendation to Trevor Wyatt of Island Records for his involvement in the compiling of the 1997 Lee "Scratch" Perry CD set Arkology. – Eternal Thunder (February 2001). Interview by Mick Sleeper. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
In 2004, Barrow co-founded the reggae reissue label Hot Pot Music. In 2012 Soul Jazz published Reggae Soundsystem: Original Reggae Album Cover Art compiled by Steve Barrow, Stuart Baker and Reggae 45 Soundsytem: The Label Art of Reggae Singles compiled by Steve Barrow, Noel Hawks and Stuart Baker.
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