How many times have you been walking down the street or through a bus, subway or train station and heard music that pulled your mind out from the everyday thoughts and made you stop and listen? It might have been a mournful sax tune, deft fingers plucking out a familiar melody on the strings of [...]
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Groundation: Here I AM
With elements of Cuban son, and 70s soul-jazz melded to a strong roots reggae, Groundation are traditionalists unbound by pure tradition. There’s little doubt anyone who strongly vibes with Bob Marley & The Wailers and Steel Pulse won’t dig Here I Am (Young Tree Records) a great deal, but there’s a sumptuous reach riding inside [...]
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Queen Ifrica – Lioness on the Rise Last Week: 1 | Weeks On Chart: 12 G Whizz – My Life Last Week: 2 | Weeks On Chart: 8 Mavado – Never Believe You Last Week: 3 | Weeks On Chart: 16 Unicorn & Macka Diamond – Think Bout Mi 2 Last Week: 6 | Weeks [...]
Jamaican reggae legend Max Romeo
62-year-old Max Romeo shared much of the early destiny of Bob Marley, farmed with him, even kicked the football in Saint Anne alongside the gangly teenager. But more than all this, the Jamaican did much to shape the Wailers band to be what they were before they conquered the world. The musicians parted company before [...]
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