Articles by Brent Hagerman

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  Gramps Morgan

  2 Sides Of My Heart - Vol. 1

  PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2009

  Fans of family band Morgan Heritage are celebrating the release of keyboardist and backing singer Gramps Morgan's first foray into solo ter...

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  Soja

  Born in Babylon

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2009

  Much of Soja's last LP, Get Wiser, sounded like an attempt to recreate a musical aesthetic and thematic arc from Jamaican roots reggae circ...

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  Madness

  The Liberty of Norton Folgate

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2009

  Madness were never a band that feared change. From their nutty ska beginnings in the '70s to their pop-charting days in the '80s through to...

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  Sarazino

  Ya Foy!

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2009

  Sarazino's third release is a multi-lingual and Transnational effort to express celebration in several musical and spoken languages. Produc...

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  King Selewa & His Calypsonians

  Back to Mi Home

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2009

  The second release since African-born King Selewa came under the spell of calypso, Back to Mi Home revisits calypso's heyday with newsy lyr...

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  10 Ft. Ganja Plant

  Bush Rock

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2009

  This New York jam/dub collective's fifth record is packed, as usual, with homages to classic Jamaican instrumental dub and feel-good groove...

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  Various

  Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae

  PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2009

  When old timers release updated versions of their hits of yesteryear the results can often be disastrous (read: Merle Haggard with Jewel)....

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  Sean Bones

  Rings

  PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2009

  During downtime from his band Sam Champion, Sean Bones did what any Brooklyn indie musician might do with a little time on his hands: he ve...