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Tarrus Riley, “Love Situation”
Tarrus Riley is not a man in a hurry. We had to wait almost three years for "Contagious", which followed the excellent "Parables", the album of his coronation. Five years on, we…
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Ward 21, “Still Disturbed”
Five years after their last album, Ward 21, the benchmark dancehall quartet (a trio since Ranaldo "Rumblood" Evans left in 2008), are back. Their fifth album, "Still Disturbed"…
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Luciano, “The Qabalah Man”
For more than twenty years since he entered the Jamaican musical landscape, Luciano has occupied a place apart. A fervent Rasta, he is not one of those "false prophets" who…
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Eek-A-Mouse, “Eek-Ology : Reggae Anthology”
His name is already a statement: Eek-A-Mouse is not the least funny of the Jamaican singers. With a stage name borrowed from a racehorse he used to bet on regularly, he enjoyed…
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Brain Damage Meets Vibronics, “Empire Soldiers”
Martin Nathan and Steve Vibronics are no strangers to each other, and this new album, "Empire Soldiers", opens up a new breach. More than a meeting, "Empire Soldiers" forms a…
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Milton Henry, “Branches And Leaves”
The rare Milton Henry is probably not the best known of the Jamaican singers, but he is certainly not the least talented, whatever his discreet career, begun in Jamaica and…
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Shaggy, “Out of Many, One Music”
What still drives Shaggy? At almost 45, the Jamaican can boast a prolific career. In twenty years, he has been rewarded with a Grammy Award (for the album "Boombastic" in 1996)…
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Cornell Campbell Meets Soothsayers, “Nothing Can Stop Us”
In the beginning there was an encounter: the one between Cornell Campbell, one of the most beautiful voices in Jamaica, and Robin Hopcraft, co-founder with Idris Rahman of the…
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Matthew Mcanuff, “Be Careful”
Almost a year ago, the death of Matthew McAnuff at the age of 25 sent shockwaves through the reggae community. Murdered at the dawn of his life, young Matthew McAnuff, one of…
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Alborosie, “Sound the System”
Since his beginnings in the 90s, first within the group Reggae National Ticket and then as a solo artist, Alborosie has become one of the locomotives of the contemporary reggae…
