Articles by Brent Hagerman

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  Anthony B

  Higher Meditation

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  Prolific even by Jamaican standards, Anthony B’s Higher Meditation is one more hammer hitting the head of Babylon in a career chock full of...

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  Dogboy

  Rebel Riddim

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  With a Jamaican-ised Confederate flag emblazoned on its cover and a popish amalgam of punk-y reggae and California rock, Dogboy’s debut rec...

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  Jah Cutta & Determination

  Wha Gwan

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  With opening cut "Right Track,” Jah Cutta deals a compelling musical hand that finds one of Canada’s best roots reggae artists equally at h...

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  Joseph Israel

  Gone are the Days

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

  It’s not hard to make a bona fide roots recording if you travel to Tuff Gong studios and enlist the likes of guitarist Earl "Chinna” Smith...

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  Various

  Jonny Greenwood is The Controller

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007

  While Trojan comps are a dime a dozen, here’s one that should not be overlooked. Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood apparently gained regg...

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  Various

  King Jammy's Selector's Choice: Vols. 1 — 4

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007

  If you grew up listening to reggae in the ’80s then you have an intimate knowledge of Lloyd James’s studio, style and sound. Better known a...

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  Various

  The Kings of Reggae — Compiled by David Rodigan and Sting International

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007

  There’s a new reggae compilation released roughly every five seconds. How does this one, the seventh in the The Kings of Reggae series, com...

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  Public Property

  Movement

  PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2007

  Movement sees Public Property distancing themselves somewhat from the more authentic roots reggae sound of their previous effort, What’s Go...