CD Review: Louchie Lou and Michie One, Seven Years of Plenty

By Jonah Tice

Louchie Lou and Michie One

[Interscope Records]

Louchie Lou and Michie One, the UK ragga super duo, are back again with a new album, “Seven Years of Plenty,” on the Interscope record label. These two women come with a full range of styles and the album is saturated with dancehall, pop, soul and hip-hop. They have tight harmonies, as they pass effortlessly from experienced soul vocals to passionate dancehall toasting, keeping both styles balanced throughout the album.  Read more... (441 words + 1 image)

Reggae In The Park And Global Exchange Unite for Weekend of Great Music

Rich industrial nations [Babylon] are the concrete jungles of modern time as they spread their so-called free trade economics to the rest of the world. In the free trade scenario, if each economy produces what it does best and trades with other economies for their goods and services, everyone’s wealth goes up. Unfortunately, it is these industrialized nations that are the biggest threat to free trade when it comes to the world’s poorest developing countries, blocking food and fabric exports that are the specialties of most third world nations.  Read more... (915 words)