Articles by Brent Hagerman

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  Sara La Kali

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2010

  If 19th century gypsies roaming the countryside of Eastern Europe had drum programming and synths, it might have sounded like this. With me...

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  Various

  Africa Boogaloo: the Latinization of West Africa

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2010

  Africa Boogaloo is a compilation of West African songs from the '60s and '70s, some obscure, some not so much, heavily influenced predomina...

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  T.O.K

  Our World

  PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2009

  Boy bands, even ones of the Jamaican dancehall variety, have a lot to answer for. Sure, their sweet harmonies and style consultant outfits...

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  Various

  Grass Yard Productions Vol. 1

  PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2009

  Guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith has, over the last few years, enjoyed a career resurgence, thanks to his ingenious Inna de Yard series of mos...

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  UB40

  Food For Thought

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2009

  Reggae fans often lament UB40's lost potential as a roots band. Their early work showed a band hungry to add a stamp of originality to the...

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  Ray Charles

  Genius Hits the Road

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

  This re-release from 1960 is a concept album based on American geography. It's anchored by Charles's signature song, "Georgia on my Mind" (...

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  The Expos

  Blackwater

  PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2009

  Meet my new favourite band. Why? Because this quartet push the limits of their chosen genre ― reggae ― far beyond most of their...

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  Bob Marley

  Stations of the Cross

  PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2009

  I've been known to buy the same Marley album on vinyl, cassette, CD and reissue CD but I was always aware that I was buying the same produc...