Articles by Brent Hagerman

John Brown's Body

Amplify

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

After this Boston reggae act virtually imploded in 2006 after the death of bassist Scott Palmer and the subsequent exodus of several long-t...

Clinark

Journey to Foreign

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

Bermuda's tiny scene is usually overlooked in the reggae world, but hopefully the success of Collie Buddz will help change that for other a...

O'Luge

Movements

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

Producer Bobby O'Luge and co-conspirator Orville "Wyz" Malcolm have created a solid, dub-y record featuring many dreamy and sinewy tracks b...

Earl "Chinna" Smith & Idrens

Inna de Yard Vol. 2

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

It's such a simple yet perfect recipe that it always stuns me that few reggae artists have bothered to make acoustic records. Maybe it's be...

Skatalites

Live at Lokerse Feesten

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2009

This DVD presents two concerts five years apart at Belgium's Lokerse Feesten with ska's originators, or what's left of them. The concerts f...

Skatalites

Live at Lokerse Feesten

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2009

This DVD presents two concerts five years apart at Belgium's Lokerse Feesten with ska's originators, or what's left of them. The concerts f...

Jamaican Gold

PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2008

Jamaican Gold is the name of a reggae club night in L.A. and this DVD gives you a taste of what goes on at it. Promoter Q Bwoy talks about...

David Kirton

Time for Change

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2008

Kirton won Barbados’ Reggae Artist of the Year for his song "Green Camouflage,” an inspiring track about the destructiveness of war and the...