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Album review
Lacksley Castell - Morning Glory - Negus Roots (1982)
This
is quite an album. Lacksley Castell has one of the best voices I've
ever heard. 'Leaving' is the breathtaking highlight, it carries the
whole album. Deep, deep roots with a touch of...
Album review
The Blackseeds - Solid Ground (2008)
It may be hard to believe,
but it is now ten years since The Black Seeds first graced the Capital
with their unique party sound. With four albums under their belt now,
and a serious legion of fans in both...
Album review
The Best Of Edi Fitzroy - The Musical Ambassador Years - Musical Ambassador (2008)
With the rain never seeming
to stop at the moment and winter dragging on
it's a welcome relief to distract myself with some true roots reggae
and think of...
Album review
Grouch - The Moof Is Rooving - A-List Records (2007)
I can't really rate myself as super knowlegable when it comes to electronica, being a more of a dancehall fanatic. Saying that I guess that just like anything, you still know what you like, and...
Album review
Gussie P meets Roots Radics - Musical Ambassador (2006)
To be honest, I'm pretty disillusioned by the current
state of Jamaican music. I don't claim to have a particularly innate knowledge
of modern bashment. However, from my...
Album review
Horace Martin - Positive Vibez - Negus Roots (2005)
Horace Martin came to prominence in Kingston
in 1979 when he finished third in the Tastee Talent Series behind a young
Nadine Sutherland and Paul Blake of the Blood Fire Posse. He...
Event review
Alborosie and Lady Saw at Eurockeennes Festival, 5/6/7 July 2008, Belfort, FRANCE
I realised after reading through a recent post on the NiceUp forum how lucky
I was to attend the Eurockeennes festival a week ago, in Belfort, France. This
is...
Album review
K-Salaam & Beatnick - Whose World Is
This? - VP Records/Hardwax (2008)
The first thing I noticed when I picked
up this album was the A-list selection of some of the worlds most prominent and
dopest hip-hop, reggae artists. For the...
Event review
Battleska Gallactica, Saturday 21 June @ Mighty Mighty, WGTN.
The New Zealand Ska scene has grown heaps in the last couple of years. Acts like The Managers and The Yoots have really come to the fore with their infectious rudy grooves and this year...
Album review
Roy G and the Bivinators - For the People (EP) (2008)
If ever an irie selector needed something with a little jazz-matazz flavour to uplift a serious, roots-heavy floor, here it is.
Maz Herman has composed and produced a delightfully...