One moment I'm hearing Adrian Sherwood or Mikey Dread, and the next, UB40. Uprising, the debut album from the San Francisco Bay Area Reggae band Rasta Fire, is just that, scorching lyrics on top of sizzling riddims. The album's eight original titles reflect culturally relevant concerns done in a roots-rhythm style. Latty Guzang's newest is appropriately entitled Forward. Tony Nicholson, a Jamaican in Detroit, has released his fourth CD, Help Myself, an upbeat offering that sometime stretches the one drop a bit far.
Production is clean and crisp and the lyrics are conscious and reality based.
Ras Mighty Monzon, aka Estworth Phillips, was born in Georgetown, Guyana and has lived in Germany since 1988. A truly independent production. Dub Addxx second album Dub Mission is a five star album to the extreme. PSM announces a soon come album from Nicodemus Dancehall Giant. Two new CDs from Groovemaster, Finding Our Roots and Faith Hope and Love, showcase American Roots Reggae.