CDs, Dub, Music, Reggae, Reviews
CD Review: Easy Star All-Stars, First Light
[Easy Star, 2011]
We all know the NYC-based Easy Star All-Stars are unbeatable when it comes to providing backup for reggae vets like the Meditations, Sister Carol or Sugar Minott (may he rest in peace). ...
CDs, Dub, Music, Reggae, Reviews
CD Review: David Solid Gould vs. Bill Laswell, Dub of the Passover
[Tzadik, 2011]
Among several breakaways from John Brown’s Body is bassist David “Solid” Gould, who, like former JBB frontman Kevin Kinsella, often has spiritual matters in mind when he makes music. Gould and his ...
CDs, Music, Reviews
CD Review: Boubacar Traore, Mali Denhou
[Lusafrica, 2011]
Hard to believe it’s been six years since Boubacar Traore’s quietly stunning Kongo Magni CD was released, but Kar Kar (as Traore is affectionately known) knows what it’s like to be entirely away ...
CDs, Music, Reviews
CD Review: Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80, From Africa With Fury – Rise
[Knitting Factory Records, 2011]
Seun Anikulapo Kuti, son of Nigerian Afrobeat creator and icon Fela Kuti, began performing with his father’s Egypt 80 band before he even hit his double digits. So it wasn’t a ...
CDs, Music, Reggae, Reviews
CD Review: Alborosie, 2 Times Revolution
[VP Records, 2011]
I was lucky enough to catch this guy live last year when he was out touring in support of his previous release Escape From Babylon to the Kingdom of Zion. The club ...
CDs, Music, Reggae, Reviews
CD Reviews: The Boot Box January 2006
Toots and the Maytals: Roots Reggae: The Classic Jamaican Albums, Trojan, 6 ...
CDs, Dancehall, Music, Reggae, Reviews
CD Review: Various Artists, 3-in-1
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 ...