Articles by Brent Hagerman

Seven Dub

Dub Club Edition

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

This is the perfect chill album if you don’t dwell too long on the lyrical content; but seeing as chillin’ and critical thinking are rarely...

Seven Dub

Dub Club Edition

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

This is the perfect chill album if you don’t dwell too long on the lyrical content; but seeing as chillin’ and critical thinking are rarely...

King Django

Roots Tonic

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

Roots Tonic is King Django’s ragamuffin cure-all for exasperated reggae fans disheartened with the hip-hop direction of much of modern regg...

Junior Kelly / Bounty Killer / Capleton

The Good, the Bad & the Blazing

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

In the tradition of split dancehall releases like Three the Hard Way, German producer Andreas "Brotherman” Christophersen has voiced three...

Afterbeat

Personals

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

Does anyone remember what wave of ska we are on? For Manitoba’s the Afterbeat, at least, it really doesn’t matter. Judging by the sounds of...

Toots and the Maytals Rediscover True Love

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Toots Hibbert and Willie Nelson may not seem like obvious musical peers but the two artists have more in common than a love of Jamaica's pr...

Bedouin Soundclash Mince Music

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Bedouin Soundclash may not be a band of itinerant tenting folk like their name suggests, but they are cleverly versed in clashing sound gen...

Chris Blackwell

Savvy Svengali

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Would the world have ever heard reggae music or known the songs of Bob Marley if it weren't for Chris Blackwell? Probably. But if reggae's...