Articles by Dan Cohen
Bedouin Soundclash
Root Fire
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
If I were writing this review based on the first two songs, I would be telling everyone that Root Fire by these Kingston (Ontario, not Jama...
Laurel Aitken
Rudi Got Married
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Volume five in a collection chronicling the career of the "Godfather of ska" Laurel Aitken, Rudi Got Married is made up of songs recorded i...
Stingers ATX
This Good Thing
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
It's a sad reflection on the state of the North American ska scene when a solid group like the Stingers ATX has to go all the way to German...
Dr. Ring Ding & the Senior All-Stars
Golden Gate: The Best of...
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Germany's Senior All-Stars have called it quits, ending what has been a long and fruitful career. Dr. Ring Ding, aka Richie Jung, should co...
Skatalites
From Paris With Love
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Ever wonder what would happen if you took an influential band that played 30 years ago, let them listen to all the music that was born from...
Adjusters
Otis Redding Will Save America
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
The Adjusters are one of many bands that I figured disappeared when the ska bubble burst, so I was genuinely surprised at the arrival of Ot...
The Slackers
Close My Eyes
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
The Slackers seem to have taken a more serious tone on their fifth album, Close My Eyes. With a cover that features a crying woman facing a...
King Django
King Django Meets the Scrucialists
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Now this is what I had in mind when King Django put out his highly anticipated solo album, Reason, on Hellcat. Reason was a disappointment...
