Mixed Show for Elephant Man in San Francisco

By E. Ivan Trujillo

Who can forget the summer of 2002? Yes, it was the summer that launched dancehall music as a mainstream and commercially successful cross-over prospect, providing seasoned underground artists proper, and long overdue, respect. It was both a blessing and a curse, in the minds of many. Bridge and tunnel weekender car audio systems blared the endlessly repeating VP Records Reggae Gold 2002 compiled singles, Shizzle My Nizzle, and Gimmie the Light, back to back, through the streets of San Francisco, over and over and again.  Read more... (603 words + 3 images)

Reasoning with TOK

Alex, Flexx, Bay-C and Craigy-T in New York 2003, photo by J. Lingo

TOK, an acronym for Touch Of Klass, is comprised of 26 and 27-year-olds Xavier Flexx Davidson, Roshaun Bay-C Clarke, Craig “Craigy T Thompson, and Alistaire Alex McCalla. The quartet has been singing together for twelve years–three of them started out in the school choir at Campion College. Their debut album My Crew, My Dawgs was released on VP Records in 2002 and their follow up, still untitled on VP/Atlantic, is scheduled for a June 2004 release. “What we do is like a blender,” says Bay-C, describing the TOK sound.  Read more... (2927 words + 5 images)

CD Reviews: The Boot Box February 2004

2/19/04

Various: Trojan 35th Anniversary Box Set, Trojan/Sanctuary, 2003

www.trojanrecords.com

Rating: A  Read more... (4309 words + 10 images)