The Boot Box: Best of 2005 Awards

1/13/06

Midnite's Let Live The-veritable-definition-of-dread Award: Let Live by Midnite (I Grade)

The-veritable-definition-of-tunefulness Award: Hope & Doubt by Taj Weekes & Adowa

Dub-a-dub-dub Award: The Rough Guide to Dub

Toots-y-toots-toots Award: Pressure Drop: The Definitive Collection by Toots and the Maytals (Trojan Records)

Creativity-gone-all-complex-and-strange Award: Bass Jihad by Dub Gabriel (Azra Records)

Creativity-gone-all-simple-and-direct Award: Mi An Mi Guitar by Clinton Fearon (Boogie Brown) Read more... (145 words + 5 images)

Damian Marley: The Youngest Veteran

1.5.06

Damian Marley

Marley music inspires. It provokes the moral conscience and most fundamentally, it sells. Marley music has certainly created many millionaires. For Bob, the sufferers were at the emotional center of his art – he was what he sang, preached and predicted. The same can’t be said for all performers.

CD Review: Various Artists, 3-in-1

By Matty Tice

Various Artists

[Finatic Records]

Finatic Records’ “3-IN-1″ compilation boasts an impressive list of some of Reggae’s finest vocalists.

The album is divided into four parts. The first three parts are continuous vocal mixes on top of three individual instrumentals–about five songs per instrumental. The fourth segment of the compilation is comprised of two songs by Apple Gabriel, formerly of Israel Vibration, and include dub versions of those songs. The seasoned Reggae listener will know what I am talking about, but for those who are wondering, let me elaborate. Read more... (515 words + 1 image)

CD Reviews: The Boot Box January 2006

2.10.06

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Toots and the Maytals: Roots Reggae: The Classic Jamaican Albums, Trojan, 6 CD box set, 2005

www.trojanrecords.com

Rating: A

Is this an admirable concept or what? Six of The Maytals early vinyl albums faithfully reproduced, each on its own CD, each encased in a miniature version of the original cover design. Digitally enhanced, obviously, but not otherwise amended or expanded or improved with outtakes or singles or live versions. No extras added. None needed. Read more... (3023 words + 9 images)

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The Boot Box: Best of 2005 Awards

1/13/06

Damian Marley: The Youngest Veteran

1.5.06