Articles by Brent Hagerman

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  State Radio

  Us Against the Crown

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  Fronted by nature and political activist Chad Stokes, Massachusetts’s State Radio is a band that carry a message in their heavy groove. Tak...

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  Ska Cubano

  Ay Caramba!

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  Some of the coolest music I ever heard was a 1950s cross of calypso and Cuban music. It was all acoustic, rhythmically complex, vocally fun...

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  Kush Arora

  Bhang Ragga

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  Can’t get to some place tropical this summer? No problem. Mix a bhang lassie with a lamb’s bread spliff and step forward into the future of...

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  Matisyahu

  Youth

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2006

  Not many people can put Orthodox Jew, human beatbox, stage diver and dancehall deejay on their C.V. but Matisyahu proved with the strength...

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  Afterbeat

  Personals

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Does anyone remember what wave of ska we are on? For Manitoba’s the Afterbeat, at least, it really doesn’t matter. Judging by the sounds of...

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  Anthony B

  My Hope

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Attention all you "reggae is dead” moaners: turn off Marley’s Legend for once and check out Anthony B. My Hope is brimming with roots and c...

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  Junior Kelly / Bounty Killer / Capleton

  The Good, the Bad & the Blazing

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  In the tradition of split dancehall releases like Three the Hard Way, German producer Andreas "Brotherman” Christophersen has voiced three...

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  King Django

  Roots Tonic

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Roots Tonic is King Django’s ragamuffin cure-all for exasperated reggae fans disheartened with the hip-hop direction of much of modern regg...