Review: Tommy Tornado & The Clerks – Back On Track
Tommy Tornado & The Clerks – Back On Track (Soulfire Artists)This record has been a long time coming. Its story …
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Prince Fatty – In The Viper’s Shadow (Evergreen Recordings)
One month before the release of the new Prince Fatty album “In The Viper’s Shadow”, the tune “Everything Crash” feat. …
Review: Get Ready, by Prince Fatty featuring Big Youth, George Dekker
Get Ready Ft. Big Youth & George Dekker by Prince Fatty This is pure class! For the single “Get Ready”, …
Review – The Aggrolites – Reggae Now
The Aggrolites – Reggae Now (Pirates Press Records) For quite some time, it had looked like Jesse Wagner, Roger Rivas …
Book review: Dub Poets in Their Own Words by Eric Doumerc
I read a lot of poetry and listen to a lot of dub, so you’d think I’d know something about …
The Specials – Encore – Review
The influence of the first album by The Specials, released in 1979, can hardly be overstated. It was the soundtrack …
Album review: The Giver by David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7, featuring Sean Wheeler
In the ultimate ska band made up of active players, Dave Hillyard would be my choice for tenor sax. He’s …
Review: Maroon Town – “Freedom Call”
It had been rumored about for the past year or so, now it’s finally arrived in the shops: the sixth …
Review: Keith & Tex – Same Old Story (Liquidator Music)
Artists who want to revive the spirit of the Jamaican rocksteady era of the 1960s have two top options today. …
Review: Arthur Kay And The Clerks – The Night I Came Home
Arthur Kay & The Clerks – The Night I Came Home (Grover) A local band from Cologne joins forces with …
Review: The Downsetters – The Asylum Hotel
The Downsetters The Asylum Hotel (CD, Liquidizer Records, 2016) This is a loosely structured concept album of sorts, where you enter …
Review: Joe Scholes – Songbook Vol. II
Songbook Vol. II by Joe Scholes Joe Scholes Songbook Vol. II (CD, Richmod Records/digital download through Bandcamp, 2016): From Joachim Uerschels, singer/guitarist/songwriter for …
Review: Natalie Wouldn’t – EP
EP by Natalie Wouldn't Natalie Wouldn’t (four-track, digital EP, 2016): Seattle’s Natalie Wouldn’t (made up of former members of the very much …
Review: The Abruptors – Buffalo Ska
Buffalo Ska by The Abruptors Nope, it’s not (spaghetti) Western Reggae (like Bad Manners’ track of the same name), but …
Review: The Frightnrs – Nothing More To Say
It’s such a tragedy. Even before „Nothing More To Say“, the debut album by The Frightnrs, has been released, it’s …
The Skints – FM – Review
Album No 4, „FM“, the first for Easy Star Records, can take The Skints from London even further, not only in the charts.
Boss Capone – ’69 Reggae Bonanza – Review
Boss Capone’s sophomore album „’69 Reggae Bonanza“ is being released by Grover Records on March 6, 2015.
Jah On Slide Release Never Knocked Out – Review
The sound on Jah On Slide’s „Never Knocked Out“ is dominated by a fantastic lead guitar, raw organ licks, loads of fun choir singing and shouting, warm and lush horn riffs. Lots of melodic and rhythmic styles are being used in the songs.
Ed Rome Releases Snapshot – Review
Ed Rome knows all the tricks on how to make a tune sound just right the old-school way, and is still able to inject some individual twists into it, some chord progression you wouldn’t expect, or a break in which the usually muted guitars get more space; or a change of beat.
El Bosso & Die Ping Pongs – Hier und Jetzt Oder Nie (Pork Pie)
To cut a long story short: With the release of „Hier und Jetzt Oder Nie“, German ska heroes El Bosso & Die Ping Pongs are on the road to success. You can call it their most accomplished release to date.