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He brought his stentorian style to their One Love (on Blue Lines) but he also possesses a gentle lovers’ rock style which burnishes his harder edge. Although he has released dozens of albums since his... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/10281/horace-andy-midnight-rocker-on-u-sound/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/10162/various-artists-sub-signals-vol-2-selected-and-mixed-by-gaudi/' title="Various Artists: Sub Signals Vol 2; Selected and Mixed by Gaudi"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/Screen_Shot_2021-12-17_at_4.12.27_PM.png" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/10162/various-artists-sub-signals-vol-2-selected-and-mixed-by-gaudi/'>Various Artists: Sub Signals Vol 2; Selected and Mixed by Gaudi</a></h3> <p class="date">19 Dec 2021  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> <1 min read</span></p> <p>Using material by the likes of Pitch Black, David Harrow, The Orb, African Head Charge and Subset among others -- plus two tracks of his own featuring Groove Armada and Steel Pulse – Italian-born, London-based dub master/producer Daniele Gaudi here delivers 18 deep cuts of echo, subterranean bass (the cover bears the warning “Woofer Advisory, Explicit Bass”), cavernous space... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/10162/various-artists-sub-signals-vol-2-selected-and-mixed-by-gaudi/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Passing Through, by Aux25</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/09 Passing Through.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9741/bob-marley-and-the-wailers-catch-a-fire-revisited-2021-two-trains-on-parallel-tracks/' title="BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS, CATCH A FIRE REVISITED (2021): Two trains on parallel tracks"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/1492618420-xhgfaewzjpxcdkqf61vu.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9741/bob-marley-and-the-wailers-catch-a-fire-revisited-2021-two-trains-on-parallel-tracks/'>BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS, CATCH A FIRE REVISITED (2021): Two trains on parallel tracks</a></h3> <p class="date"> 8 Mar 2021  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 6 min read</span></p> <p>There are two versions of the Catch A Fire album of '73, and both are essential. And the fact that each of these were made and released is a story in itself. The second version – fine tweaked for the international market by Island Records' Chris Blackwell with Marley's approval – might not have sold in the numbers everyone concerned hoped for (#171 in the US, nothing in the... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9741/bob-marley-and-the-wailers-catch-a-fire-revisited-2021-two-trains-on-parallel-tracks/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Concrete Jungle (Jamaican version)</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/1-01 Concrete Jungle.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9744/bunny-wailer-remembered-2021-the-last-of-the-kingston-trio/' title="BUNNY WAILER, REMEMBERED (2021): The last of the Kingston trio"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/BUNNY_WAILER-scaled-e1614714091800.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9744/bunny-wailer-remembered-2021-the-last-of-the-kingston-trio/'>BUNNY WAILER, REMEMBERED (2021): The last of the Kingston trio</a></h3> <p class="date"> 4 Mar 2021  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 2 min read</span></p> <p>The death of Neville Livingston at 73 – better known as Bunny Wailer – means there are now no surviving members of the famous Jamaican trio the Wailers. Bob Marley died in 1981 and Peter Tosh in '87. Bunny, as we will call him, grew up in the same village -- Nine Mile in the parish of St Ann -- as Bob Marley and they were not just childhood friends but later Wailer's father... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9744/bunny-wailer-remembered-2021-the-last-of-the-kingston-trio/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9382/lost-tribe-aotearoa-lta-digital-outlets/' title="Lost Tribe Aotearoa: LTA (digital outlets)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/Screen_Shot_2020-04-22_at_11.17.47_AM.png" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9382/lost-tribe-aotearoa-lta-digital-outlets/'>Lost Tribe Aotearoa: LTA (digital outlets)</a></h3> <p class="date"> 1 May 2020  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 2 min read</span></p> <p>The release last year of the album Holy Colony Burning Acres by Troy Kingi and the Upperclass wasn't just a landmark in local reggae. It reminded – in this land where the genre has devolved into benign and Teflon barbecue reggae – that this music was once (and in the right hands, like Kingi's, still is) the vehicle for messages from the socially disenfranchised, angry... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9382/lost-tribe-aotearoa-lta-digital-outlets/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">My Roots Master</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/06 - Lost Tribe Aotearoa - My Roots Master.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/1804/bob-marley-songs-of-freedom-and-more-1992-the-iron-lion-on-the-way-to-zion/' title="BOB MARLEY: SONGS OF FREEDOM, AND MORE (1992): The iron lion on the way to Zion"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/bobm.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/1804/bob-marley-songs-of-freedom-and-more-1992-the-iron-lion-on-the-way-to-zion/'>BOB MARLEY: SONGS OF FREEDOM, AND MORE (1992): The iron lion on the way to Zion</a></h3> <p class="date"> 1 Jan 2020  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 4 min read</span>  |  <span class="numcomments">1 <span class="fa fa-comment"></span></span></p> <p>Bob Marley was quite a man . . . nobody seems to have a bad word to say about him. Oh sure, a few wacko reactionaries got het up over the dope thing and tossed him into the Godless Heathen Corrupting Our Youth basket. But here was one spliff smoker who would run 10km before breakfast, was always keen to play a game of soccer and knew more scripture than most Anglicans. Interesting... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/1804/bob-marley-songs-of-freedom-and-more-1992-the-iron-lion-on-the-way-to-zion/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Soul Rebel</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/5_Track19.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9219/lee-scratch-perry-heavy-rain-on-u-sound-through-border/' title="Lee Scratch Perry: Heavy Rain (On U Sound through Border)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/71JCBhpmyUL._SL1200_.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9219/lee-scratch-perry-heavy-rain-on-u-sound-through-border/'>Lee Scratch Perry: Heavy Rain (On U Sound through Border)</a></h3> <p class="date"> 8 Dec 2019  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> <1 min read</span></p> <p>If the renegade Perry's Rainford album of earlier this year – produced by Adrian Sherwood – seemed to signal some final statement from the dub master then it was yet another piece of misdirection. Because he has just released another album (the dub-heavy Life of Plants) and now this, a reworking of Rainford material and other snippets and... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9219/lee-scratch-perry-heavy-rain-on-u-sound-through-border/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9008/troy-kingi-and-the-upperclass-holy-colony-burning-acres-digital-outlets-border/' title="Troy Kingi and the Upperclass: Holy Colony Burning Acres (digital outlets/Border)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/a0741393147_10.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9008/troy-kingi-and-the-upperclass-holy-colony-burning-acres-digital-outlets-border/'>Troy Kingi and the Upperclass: Holy Colony Burning Acres (digital outlets/Border)</a></h3> <p class="date">26 Jul 2019  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 2 min read</span></p> <p>If Troy Kingi's impressive double album debut Guitar Party at Uncle's Bach announced a singer/guitarist and songwriter of considerable breadth and accomplishment, the follow-up Shaky Your Skinny Ass All the Way to Zygertron was a largely shapeless psychedelic journey which, while enjoyably self-indulgent, never quite gripped – unless perhaps you were very stoned. This new one however... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/9008/troy-kingi-and-the-upperclass-holy-colony-burning-acres-digital-outlets-border/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Glass Eel</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/10 Troy Kingi - Glass Eel.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8960/lee-scratch-perry-rainford-on-u-through-border/' title="Lee Scratch Perry: Rainford (On U through Border)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/scratch.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8960/lee-scratch-perry-rainford-on-u-through-border/'>Lee Scratch Perry: Rainford (On U through Border)</a></h3> <p class="date"> 5 Jun 2019  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 1 min read</span></p> <p>On his 1986 album Battle of Armagideon, the great producer/mixer/ dub magician and studio alchemist Lee “Scratch” Perry opened with Introducing Myself. By that time he hardly needed to, for more than a decade he had been legendary for his approach to a recording studio and had delivered early classic Bob Marley albums, Max Romeo's essential War ina Babylon and Heart of the... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8960/lee-scratch-perry-rainford-on-u-through-border/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Let It Rain</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/03 Let it Rain.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8899/david-harrow-dub-journeys-vol-1-oicho-dubmissions-digital-services/' title="David Harrow: Dub Journeys Vol 1 OICHO (Dubmissions/digital services)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/David_Harrow__Dub_Journeys_Vol_1_OICHO_vol_1_OICHO__Col.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8899/david-harrow-dub-journeys-vol-1-oicho-dubmissions-digital-services/'>David Harrow: Dub Journeys Vol 1 OICHO (Dubmissions/digital services)</a></h3> <p class="date">17 Apr 2019  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> <1 min read</span></p> <p>Dubheads rarely need a second invitation because they know approximately what they are getting with a dub album. And the pedigree of David Harrow (aka OICHO) is impeccable: witness his work with Lee Perry, Bim Sherman, Jah Wobble, Salmonella Dub and the Headless Chickens locally, African Headcharge and many more. These 10 deep, synth-heavy tracks – very astute sound collages... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8899/david-harrow-dub-journeys-vol-1-oicho-dubmissions-digital-services/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Arrowrooted</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/04_Arrowrooted MASTER Ref_2 181108.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8585/black-uhuru-as-the-world-turns-digital-outlets/' title="Black Uhuru: As the World Turns (digital outlets)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/60969-Album_20Cover_20_20_1_.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8585/black-uhuru-as-the-world-turns-digital-outlets/'>Black Uhuru: As the World Turns (digital outlets)</a></h3> <p class="date">24 Sep 2018  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 1 min read</span></p> <p>In the late Seventies and early Eighties Black Uhuru out of Jamaica were one of the most important and convincing reggae outfits on the planet, delivering righteous albums on Island Records and spoken of in the same breadth as Bob Marley while bringing an edge of electronics into the genre with Sly'n'Robbie. The classic line-up was Michael Rose, Puma Jones and the band's founder Duckie... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8585/black-uhuru-as-the-world-turns-digital-outlets/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Slaughter</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/14 14. Slaughter.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8443/katchafire-legacy-universal/' title="Katchafire: Legacy (Universal)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/legacy_cover.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8443/katchafire-legacy-universal/'>Katchafire: Legacy (Universal)</a></h3> <p class="date"> 1 Jun 2018  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 2 min read</span></p> <p>Many contemporary writers with long memories or those with a decent understanding of music history quite rightly point out that when reggae emerged out of the poorest areas of Jamaica it was the rebels' and outsiders' music. And as such was frequently freighted with righteous, indignant and heavily socio-political messages. It had global appeal for the angry, disenfranchised and... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/8443/katchafire-legacy-universal/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">100</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/04 100.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7996/10-somewhat-rare-reggae-albums-im-proud-to-own-2017-some-ire-feelings-from-istory/' title="10 SOMEWHAT RARE REGGAE ALBUMS I'M PROUD TO OWN (2017): Some ire feelings from iStory"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/reggae_2.jpeg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7996/10-somewhat-rare-reggae-albums-im-proud-to-own-2017-some-ire-feelings-from-istory/'>10 SOMEWHAT RARE REGGAE ALBUMS I'M PROUD TO OWN (2017): Some ire feelings from iStory</a></h3> <p class="date"> 3 Jul 2017  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 11 min read</span></p> <p>Strange as it may seem, reggae albums – and some pretty rare ones – were not that difficult to find in New Zealand from the late Seventies and throughout the Eighties. British labels were picking up Black British reggae bands like Steel Pulse, Matumbi, Aswad and others; the likes of Linton Kwesi Johnson, Black Uhuru and Culture were on Island Records (Bob Marley's label);... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7996/10-somewhat-rare-reggae-albums-im-proud-to-own-2017-some-ire-feelings-from-istory/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/2160/bob-marley-remembered-in-new-zealand-2009-the-symmetry-of-commemorations/' title="BOB MARLEY REMEMBERED IN NEW ZEALAND (2009): The symmetry of commemorations"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/bob-marley.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/2160/bob-marley-remembered-in-new-zealand-2009-the-symmetry-of-commemorations/'>BOB MARLEY REMEMBERED IN NEW ZEALAND (2009): The symmetry of commemorations</a></h3> <p class="date"> 6 Feb 2017  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 3 min read</span></p> <p>Summertime in the late Nineties and I am walking in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Around the corner come two Maori guys who greet me with eyebrow flashes and a hefty, "Kia ora." We run down a quick exchange: "Do you live here?" "Nah, just over for a few days ..." And so on. Finally I ask: "How d'you know I was from New Zealand?"... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/2160/bob-marley-remembered-in-new-zealand-2009-the-symmetry-of-commemorations/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Bob Marley: Them Belly Full</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/124_Track03.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7785/dub-inc-so-what-dub-inccom/' title="Dub Inc : So What (dub-inc.com)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/2_5u9mONJ5.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7785/dub-inc-so-what-dub-inccom/'>Dub Inc : So What (dub-inc.com)</a></h3> <p class="date">16 Jan 2017  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> <1 min read</span></p> <p>This French outfit – who do exactly what their band name claims – appeared in New Zealand at the 2014 Womad and were rightly acclaimed . . . although selling reggae to a Kiwi audience isn't exactly a stretch. What sets the ensemble apart from many other practitioners in the good-vibe groove is how they co-opt gruff-voiced ragga, sometimes aggressive percussion, allusions... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7785/dub-inc-so-what-dub-inccom/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Mache becife</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/08 Mach茅 B茅cif.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7734/mixed-culture-movement-in-roots-moving-in-dub-jah-youth/' title="Mixed Culture: Movement in Roots/Moving in Dub (Jah Youth)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/Screen_Shot_2016-11-23_at_11.56.25_AM.png" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7734/mixed-culture-movement-in-roots-moving-in-dub-jah-youth/'>Mixed Culture: Movement in Roots/Moving in Dub (Jah Youth)</a></h3> <p class="date">25 Nov 2016  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 1 min read</span></p> <p>No sentient being could doubt the global reach of reggae which we have essayed previously . . . but it is rarely better evidenced than the existence of this double CD: one disc of the rootsy songs; the other of dub versions. The family of this group's founder, Cisco Lagomarcina, returned to their homeland Peru from New Jersey in the Nineties where he discovered roots reggae (music from... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7734/mixed-culture-movement-in-roots-moving-in-dub-jah-youth/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Anhelo</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/09 Anhelo.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7707/aotearoa-pays-tribute-to-bob-marley-2016-the-music-and-man-heard-in-new-zealand/' title="AOTEAROA PAYS TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY (2016): The music and man heard in New Zealand"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/2795342_20161101163836_507319532.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7707/aotearoa-pays-tribute-to-bob-marley-2016-the-music-and-man-heard-in-new-zealand/'>AOTEAROA PAYS TRIBUTE TO BOB MARLEY (2016): The music and man heard in New Zealand</a></h3> <p class="date"> 3 Nov 2016  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 4 min read</span>  |  <span class="numcomments">1 <span class="fa fa-comment"></span></span></p> <p>Some months ago when Universal Music wanted to commission New Zeaand artists to interpret songs from Bob Marley's catalogue, I was invited to write the proposal to be presented to the musicians. The musicians responded quickly and a few weeks ago I was invited to listen to a collection of these interpretations and, if I liked what I heard, write a press release and the album's liner... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7707/aotearoa-pays-tribute-to-bob-marley-2016-the-music-and-man-heard-in-new-zealand/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Could You Be Loved, by Aaradhna</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/2_04 Could You Be Loved.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7695/recommended-reissue-peter-tosh-legalize-it-sony-legacy/' title="RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Peter Tosh; Legalize It (Sony Legacy)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/PeterTosh-LegalizeIt.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7695/recommended-reissue-peter-tosh-legalize-it-sony-legacy/'>RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Peter Tosh; Legalize It (Sony Legacy)</a></h3> <p class="date">31 Oct 2016  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> <1 min read</span></p> <p>This expanded-to-double-vinyl edition re-presents the '76 debut by the former Wailer who carried a number from that band into the sessions. While Bob Marley delivered the serious Rastaman Vibration and Bunny Wailer dropped the exceptional, dark and roots Blackheart Man the same year, Tosh hit the middle ground, pushed pleasure over the political (although that's here too) and in the... <a href="https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7695/recommended-reissue-peter-tosh-legalize-it-sony-legacy/" class="links" title="View full article" rel="nofollow">> Read more</a></p> <div class="previewtrack"> <h5 class="previewtitle">Burial (dub version #1)</h5> <audio class="audioplayer" controls="controls" controlsList="nodownload"> <source src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/downloads/mp3s/2-11 Burial (Dub Version 1).mp3" type="audio/mpeg"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="article infinite-item"> <a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7544/unity-pacific-blackbirder-dread-moving-rhythmethod/' title="Unity Pacific: Blackbirder Dread (Moving/Rhythmethod)"><img src="https://elsewhere.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/images/s290/articles/blackbirder.jpg" alt="" class="main-image float-right" width="290" height="290" /></a> <h3><a href='https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/reggae/7544/unity-pacific-blackbirder-dread-moving-rhythmethod/'>Unity Pacific: Blackbirder Dread (Moving/Rhythmethod)</a></h3> <p class="date">27 Jun 2016  |  <span class="readtime"><span class="fa fa-bookmark"></span> 1 min read</span></p> <p>Reggae musician and Rastafarian Tigi Ness -- who helms this long-running band into it's third album -- is a man who walks with the past as his close companion. 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