Articles by Brent Hagerman

Carmen Souza

Protegit

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2010

Jazz singer, keyboardist and guitarist Carmen Souza has been lauded for her expressive style and vocal command. With Protegit, her third re...

Friendlyness and the Human Rights

One Thing

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2010

Positive vibrations are the order of the day on this hard-hitting reggae disc. With the lion-mane sporting Friendlyness chanting goodness o...

Jah Cutta

A Me Dis

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2010

Already a formidable force on the national reggae scene, Jah Cutta's third album finds the singer/deejay better than ever. Easy, bubbling r...

Various

Shatter the Hotel: A Dub Inspired Tribute to Joe Strummer

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2010

Joe Strummer's love of reggae and dub are celebrated here, with several artists taking a stab at versioning some of the hallowed Clash cano...

Rastafari Then and Now: A Message From Jamaica

PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2010

Filmed in Toronto and Jamaica, this DVD is part history lesson and part personal journey, as Toronto youth worker and Nyabinghi drummer Nat...

Bums Lie

Stumblin' & Mumblin'

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2010

Recorded live, Stumblin' & Mumblin' is a clean, punk-y reggae album cut from the same cloth as Sublime or King Django. Leadoff track "Broke...

Stephen Marley

Mind Control Acoustic

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2010

Hand-drums, flutes and acoustic guitars populate the acoustic release of Stephen Marley's 2007 Grammy-winning Mind Control record. While it...

The Black Seeds

Solid Ground

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2010

Musically, the Black Seeds find themselves on very solid ground with this release, but that foundation becomes shaky if you spend too much...