I don’t know very much about this artist at all, but from what I understand, his birth name is Edmond Montague Grant (hence the abbreviation simply to “Eddy Grant”) and he was born in Guyana, which is a state on the North coast of South America. It appears that Eddy is quite the control freak [...]
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Can’t Get Enough – Eddy Grant
Posted in Reggae, Reviews on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Family Time – Ziggy Marley
Posted in Reggae, Reviews, Ziggy Marley on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you look back on Ziggy’s overall body of work, you’ll notice that he usually releases something new every two to three years. That’s what’s happened since the Melody Makers days and it’s still going on now that he’s a solo artist…even though he doesn’t consider himself to be a soloist at all. Anyways, “Family [...]
Vibes – Heavy D
Posted in Hip Hop, Reggae, Reviews on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One day I was flipping through a reggae music magazine at the newsagency in my local shopping centre and I saw an advertisement in it saying that the rapper known as Heavy D had just released a brand new album called “Vibes,” which just so happened to fall into the reggae music genre. This didn’t [...]
Chances Are – Bob Marley
Posted in Bob Marley, Reggae, Reviews on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bob Marley was one of the greatest musicians of all time. A dreadlocked Rasta with a positive, conscious message, his life was unfortunately cut short at the tender age of 35. Being that both Bob Marley (and reggae music itself for that matter) are constantly associated with Ganja, a few ignoramis mickeyfickeys out there incorrectly [...]
Easy Star All Stars at the Manning Bar
Posted in Reggae, Reviews on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday the 16th of April 2009, I arrived at the Manning Bar at Sydney University. It was about 6pm (or close to), which meant that I was just a couple of hours too early for the show. As I was making my way up to the bar, I was met with the sound of [...]
Universal Cry – Nasio Fontaine
Posted in Reggae, Reviews on April 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Nasio Fontaine is a reggae artist who was born and raised in the Caribbean island of Dominica…..not to be confused with the Dominican Republic!!! His mother is of Caribbean and Native American Indian descent and his father is of African descent. When asked what he considers himself to be, he simply replies, “I & [...]
Jah Is My Navigator – Luciano
Posted in Reggae, Reviews on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know very much about this artist, but after looking at his official website, I can tell you that he was born in 1964 and given the name Jepther Washington McClymot. He was raised in an Adventist church (an off-shoot of the Jehovah’s Witnesses) and after his father passed away, he learned to [...]
Love Is My Religion – Ziggy Marley
Posted in Reggae, Reviews, Ziggy Marley on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah!!! We’re comin’ in on a Ziggy, Ziggy, Ziggy bridge tonight. “Love Is My Religion” was the second solo album from David Marley, of course better known as Ziggy. The album was originally released in 2006 and was his first fully independent release via the Tuff Gong Worldwide imprint. Target stores in the United States [...]
Dragonfly – Ziggy Marley
Posted in Reggae, Reviews, Ziggy Marley on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Back in 2003 while I was getting ready for work one day, I was watching a day time TV show over here in Australia called “Sunrise.” During the music segment, the album reviewer decided to share his thoughts on the then new album by Ziggy Marley called “Dragonfly.” One thing that stood out in [...]
One Bright Day – Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers
Posted in Reggae, Reviews, Ziggy Marley on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 1989, David “Ziggy” Marley & his siblings, The Melody Makers, released the follow-up to their massive hit album “Conscious Party.” Personally, I don’t recall hearing anything about this album at all. Whether or not that was because I was too young to remember or because the album didn’t fare too well in Australia is [...]
