[caption id="attachment_8124" align="alignright" width="300"] Richie Spice promotes his October 23 release, Soothing Sounds: Acoustic.[/caption] Though phone and miles away, a revealing picture of Richie Spice, the down-to-earth reggae artist from St. Andrew, Jamaica emerged as ...

              released 26 September 2012 Mixed by DJ Laddin Edited by Mystical Shine Album Artwork by Kimone Cotterell Towerman Productions

I Grade Records, 2012 www.igraderecords.com The last I heard of Nazarenes was a well-received album on the Heartbeat label back in 2004. I remember being highly impressed with it at the time, although when I listen ...

Tribal Global Records, 2011 www.tribalglobal.com On the plus side, Under One Sun features memorable tunes, strong reggae rhythms, and a gorgeous, powerful voice. We also get a full load of passionately sung, deeply felt opinions, observations ...

Putumayo World Music, 2012 www.putumayo.com Ah, what a joy this album is. Mali Latino start things off in an unassuming but soulful way with bluesy acoustic guitar, plaintive vocal, jazzy Booker T-style Hammond organ, and relaxed ...

Johnny Dizzle Records, 2011 www.alific.com I don’t mind this kind of stuff, not at all. “Written, recorded, produced and arranged in my home recording studio,” according to the liner notes from Brendan Dane, a.k.a. Alific. Yep, ...

Easy Star Records, 2012 www.theblackseeds.com Don’t ask me any who-, what- or where-type questions about The Black Seeds; all I can readily find out from the Internet is how to order this new release. But they’re ...

It’s been said that the French don’t do rock well, but they sure can do reggae. Revolution is the latest and best proof: a vibrant, intelligent, edgy, musically inventive album by a group called ...