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RAS MICHAEL JUNIOR
Medicine Man
Release date :
02-05-2007
Label :
Makasound / Inna de Yard
Tracklist :
01. Voice unto Jah (Ronnie Davis)
02. White line
03. Good news
04. Collie now
05. Spiritual order
06. Hopes and dreams
07. Medicine man
08. How excellent is thy name
09. Make more money
10. Old man
11. My prayer to Jah (Ronnie Davis)
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REVIEW
Review written by Sébastien Jobart
on Friday, February 09th 2007 - 11 859 views
So it took almost a year after the last opus devoted to the Viceroys, released in April 2006, before we saw a new release from Makasound on its Inna De Yard label. After the roots veterans (Cedric Myton, Linval Thompson, Kiddus I) the series opens up to the mysterious Ras Michael Junior, son of the famous percussionist. We had already had a foretaste of this "Ras Michael Inna de Yard" on the first opus of the series, "Chinna & Friends", with Medicine Man, a track found here again that gives the album its name.
Under Ras Michael Junior's aegis, the series makes a turn from acoustic reggae, as on the previous opuses, towards a Jamaican folk. After an intro by Ronnie Davis (member of the Tennors and the Itals) that plunges us straight into the atmosphere, Ras Michael Junior launches into White Line, a track emblematic of this new direction. Accompanied by the guitar of Earl Chinna Smith, pillar and host of the series, Junior takes on bluesy tones, establishing himself as a sort of Jamaican Bob Dylan. An approach already found to a lesser extent on the opus devoted to Kiddus I, one of the most successful.
Here, no drums, but bewitching percussion (how could one be surprised, knowing his illustrious father?) supporting bluesy melodies driven by Earl Chinna Smith and his guitar (Collie Now, Medicine Man). Ras Michael Junior's singing moves between lament and power, his fine deep voice completing a picture of avowed minimalism that fits perfectly into this folk-blues approach, well beyond the borders of reggae. |
Collie now, Hopes and dreams, medicine man biensur, make more money et old man, de loin mes préférées :)
Elles sont vraiments peace et bien réussie.
J'ai eu besoin de plusieurs écoutes pour bien accrocher, et là apres deux jours c'est bien encré!
Je suis dedans à fond, j'adore, j'en veux encore, décidément, la série Inna De Yard, ne fera que m'étonner, me réjouir, tout en étant toujours différent, original, mais gardant les bonnes bases, percu nyabinghi, bonne gratte, et superbe voix.
Du bon son au plus proche du pure roots, un plaisir comme toujours. Jcrois que je vais m'expatrier en Jamaique et me lancer dans la production :P
Nos oreilles et notre cerveau nous remercie aprés une telle écoute. Posé et envoutant, bluesy et parfois mélancolique mais toujours puissant et à mille lieux des sempiternels riddims old school redigitalisés ou des gros bogles à la "shake your body gal". Ca sonne pas forcement "up to date " mais c'est frais et trés agréable, comme une bonne natural weed... Voilà mon avis, j'espère partagé.
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