http://www.myspace.com/ijahmanlevilive

Origine du Groupe : Jamaica
Style : Reggae
Sortie : 2003

Ijahman Levi has one of the sweetest voices and the most harmonising lyrics of the past few decades. He has sometimes been bypassed by many Roots music lover and often overlooked as a quality international artist. “On A Journey” features two live events, the first in England and the second recorded in France. There are also some one-on-one interviews with the man himself, in fact the film opens with Ijahman sitting on his mother’s grave in Jamaica singing “Jah Heavy Load”. You then get a quick tour of his then house before the music starts with the awesome “Africa”, need I say more.

There are many top moments from the film, including some of his biggest hits and as always excellent musicianship from Carl and the rest of the band.

One of my favourite bits is when we see Ijahman’s 11th child, his new born daughter and the comment is made “InI blessed that Ijahman still has the gift of life”. Having stage managed a UK tour with Ijahman, I understand his philosophy and the hard journey he has had. He is a gentle man that demands nothing except quality from his musicians and your time to listen to his story in musical rhyme.

It’s pretty hard to find this DVD in the shops or online but there are a few places offering it, I found it at BlakaMix Shop but cannot vouch for the service, as I was fortunate to get my copy from the man himself. However, if you get the chance it’s well worth it, some seriously thoughtful tunes and a small insight into the quality artist that is Ijahman Levi.

Respect as always..

Reviewed by Dean Marcel from http://www.ukreggaeguide.co.uk

Tracklist :
1. Africa
2. President Mandela
3. Burn Burn
4. Book Of Prophecy
5. Are we A Warrior
6. Knock Knock
7. Lets get Eclipse
8. I Want To be Free
9. Beauty & The lion
10. Bob & Friends Over There
11. Armegeddon Warrior
12. Jah Heavvy load
13. Moulding

Bonus tracks in Jamaica

1. jah Heavy Load
2. Mister CB
3. Buffalo People 

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http://www.theabyssinians.com

http://www.myspace.com/theabyssinians

Origine du Groupe : Jamaica
Style : Reggae Legendary
Sortie : 1976

Premier album du trio jamaicain The Abyssinians, Satta Massagana est un album culte, plein de bonnes vibrations et de croyances pures envers Jah.
Nous pouvons retrouver une superbe version de Declaration of Rights où les frères Manning et Bernard Collins nous enchantent de leux voix douces.
Certes, les 14 titres ont le même tempo,tous ceux qui ne captent pas les vibrations du roots reggae diront que tous les titres se ressemblent, ils oublieraient que le reggae est une musique spirituelle à souhait et qu'il faut savoir capturer ses vibes, et oui, chaque titre est différent!.C'est en effet toute la philosophie musicale du reggae que l'on retrouve dans cet album.
Un album que nous ne conseillerons pas aux non puristes reggae mais à tous ceux qui savent apprécier le reggae à sa juste valeur... tout comme nous..

Chroniqué par Pachouille pour http://www.dmute.net

Tracklist :
01. Declaration of Rights
02. The Good Lord
03. Forward Unto Zion
04. Know Jah Today
05. Abendigo
06. Y Mas Gan
07. Black Man's Strain N/A
08. Satta Massagana
09. I and I
10. African Race
11. Leggo Beast
12. Peculiar Number
13. Reason Time
14. There Is No End

http://www.burningspear.net

http://www.myspace.com/burningspearmusic

Origine du Groupe : Jamaica
Style : Reggae Roots
Sortie : 1975

Some argue that the reputation of this release rests on the fact that it was created by the first Jamaican artist other than Bob Marley to compose songs that were written specifically for an album. Before Marley, Jamaican artists didn't have "albums" as a rule. If a singer had enough popular singles they might be rereleased together on an entire record later, but albums were rarley made.

The difference with Burning Spear (Winston Rodney and his back-up singers, Rupert Willington and Delroy Hinds) was that the strength of his music was never with singles. A Burning Spear song by itself didn't mean as much until you put it in a group of Burning Spear songs. It was with albums that Spear would gain his popularity and here was his first big breakthrough. It was a huge success in Jamaica and afterwords, Spear was signed up with Island Records until he gradually reached international fame.

This album may not be for everyone. The music is jerky and old sounding. The tracks are short and often repetitive. But there's something ethereally timeless about this set. The music seems to transcend space and time to make us beleive that it's always been there. As if Winston Rodney brought it with him from his premortal existance to be shared with the world in our present day. Perhaps I was going through a transitional period in my life when I first heard it, but anything Rodney ever did afterword (even if it was just as good or better) would never feel like this. It is truly a unique masterpiece.

P.S. The accompanying band, "The Black Desciples" also deserves mention in helping Burning Spear accomplish this unequaled acheivement.

by Matthew Channon  permalink

Tracklist :
1. Marcus Garvey
2. Slavery Days
3. Invasion, The
4. Live Good
5. Give Me
6. Old Marcus Garvey
7. Tradition
8. Jordon River
9. Red, Gold, And Green
10. Resting Place

http://www.myspace.com/julianmarley

Origine du Groupe : U.K
Style : Reggae
Sortie : 2010
Live : Summerjam 2010, Fühlinger See Köln, Germany. Rockpalast Konzertmitschnitt.

http://www.nizetch.fr