Roots Of Reggae

Album Review: Haile Israel – A Griot’s Journey

Biography I must admit that I first heard of Haile Israel when I researched the biography of Jalani Horton. Through the prism of Bambu Station, I also discovered Tuff Lion, and there is a similarity between the two musicians.Hailey Israel is a guitar master who was also the music director/guitarist for the legendary spiritual/nyabinghi band "Ras Michael and The Sons of Negus." If I'm not mistaken, he embarked on a solo career in 2016. The first album is "Each One […]

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Album Reviews

Groundation: Serious musical breakthrough, ONE ROCK

"From the foundation a Rasta, We Pass it on to the future" Because of Skelly’s lyrics, I said I need to sit down and write a review of what Harrison Stafford started this year. Because I was enlightened by those verses.Harrison gathered the greatest living legends and brought them closer to our hearts once again. The new "One Rock" album features the greatest reggae music legends of all time, Israel Vibration, The Abyssinians, and The Congos.Now, at this moment, it […]

March 28, 2022 314 2

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News

Poland’s reggae – Shashamane

It is a real pleasure to write about an underground band that has the quality and is close to our region. Today, this is the case with the Polish band "Shashamane", which contacted us like many through the social network.Honestly, I haven’t found some time to enjoy their music, but when Dadaman told me he likes what he hears, then I know it’s something worth hearing."Shashamane" in a way really reminds me of the Belgrade band "Del Arno Band". What […]

February 23, 2022 356 1

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Album Reviews

Album review “Sound Therapy” by Manjul

Analyst: Nenad Pekez Calling the album "sound therapy" is at least ambitious, if not pretentious. By doing so, you impose on yourself the pressure of the listeners who will expect "something more" from such a release than a regular album; they will expect the right therapy. Of course, all this is true if you are not Julien Souletie, a French multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer, and audio engineer better known as Manjul. He holds in his little finger technical skills and makes […]

November 24, 2021 338 2

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Album Reviews

New Marcus Gad album “Brave New World”

Marcus Gad's new album "Brave New World" comes to us after the release of a couple of singles, "Tempo" and "Sunshine." And after the review of "Rythm of Serenity," we have the honor to deal with this work as well.But before we start with the review of the album itself, I want to bring out one anecdote.I recently spoke with the singer of FC Apatride UTD. He told me one fascinating detail while releasing an album for the French house […]

November 13, 2021 202 5

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Album Reviews

New album by Micah Shemaiah “Still”

Micah Shemaiah and a new album. New production, new house. I said, "Excellent."But before I start listening to his album and writing this review, let's play the "Keep on keeping on" song. The song that put Micah on my radar. To make it my norm and guide for what I will write about this whole album.Micah Shemaiah usually walks around our radio station through collaborations (Hornsman Coyote), promotional houses, publishing houses. We were there when he was with our old […]

October 30, 2021 530 3

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“From My Soul” new song by Cornell Campbell and Manjul

Everything is prepared in the kitchen of Baco Records. After a period of stagnation, this publishing house decided to start a total expansion.To remind you, this year, Baco Records was joined by reggae scene legend Pablo Moses and rising star Lila Iké.However, this news is about Manjul's new album "Sound Therapy." "Sound Therapy" is composed of compilations by various artists such as Clinton Fearon, Cornell Campbell, Cedric Myton, Tikok Vellaye, Baco Mourchid, Ciryl Atef, Jupiter and Okwess, Valerie Tribord…So Manjul, […]

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