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You & Me on a Jamboree! (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Capa sensacional! Puro Early Reggae, destaque para as instrumentais como "Wish Bone" do Sound Dimension Senior Soul - Is It Because I'm Black The Sound Dimension - Funkey Maker Winston Francis - Angie Girl The Wailing Souls - Back Out With It The Sound Dimension - Return Of The Scorcher Marlene Webber - Sha La La The Sound Dimension - Wish Bone The Sound Dimension - Upsetters...
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Nice Up (Free subscription) | 12/23/2007
As the year draws to a close, 2007 will be remembered as the year of reunification for two of reggae's most enduring groups, The Congos (and the Wailing Souls, which takes the spotlight this week.
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Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 09/07/2007
... yourself inadvertently traversing many historical divides, from the bubbling analogue skank of the Wailing Souls' "War" to the bizarrely squished digital drum machine on Vybz Kartel's "Tekk", from Dr. Alimantado's quest for religious unity to Ward 21 and Bounty Killer's thrill-seeking lawlessness.But the history lesson is almost incidental, a happy didactic byproduct of the record's...
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Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 08/22/2007
... 30 tracks in all, one for every year of the label's history. From Dubplate to Download:Disc 1:01 Wailing Souls: "War"02 Reggae Regulars: "Where Is Jah"03 Doctor Alimantado: "Born for a Purpose"04 Barrington Levy: "Look Youthman"05 Clint Eastwood & General Saint: "Another One Bites the Dust"06 Eek-a-Mouse: "Wa-Do-Dem"07 Yellowman: "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng"08 Frankie Paul: "Pass the...
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 08/14/2007
Music Reviews: Sunday night,Burning Spear, the recently reunited Wailing Souls and Sly and Robbie, showed Hollywood showed the range of emotions and sounds that drew rock fans to roots reggae in the '70s and '80s.
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LAist (Free subscription) | 08/13/2007
E-40 @ Vault 350 Reagan Youth @ The Knitting Factory Deep Purple, Blue Oyster Cult @ Pacific Amphitheatre Poison, Ratt @ Verizon MF Doom @ El Rey Squeeze @ Grove of Anaheim Burning Spear, Sly & Robbie, The Taxi Gang and Wailing Souls Reunion @ Hollywood Bowl Mike Stinson, Jake La Botz, Sarah Stanley, Mike Freas @ The Echo (free) The Short Necked Drafts, Apocalipstick, End, Alter Reality,...
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Eating L.A. (Free subscription) | 07/24/2007
... features Burning Spear, Sly & Robbie, The Taxi Gang, with Horace Andy and Cherine Anderson and Wailing Souls Reunion with Anne Litt hosting. Here's what they say about it: Reggae's grandmaster Burning Spear returns, plus reggae drum and bass pioneers, Sly & Robbie with the distinctive vocals of Horace Andy (last heard with Massive Attack). The Wailing Souls reunite after...
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Afrobella (Free subscription) | 06/04/2007
... among reggae’s brightest luminaries. She went to school with Bunny Wailer and Garth Dennis of the Wailing Souls . (click that link for Shark Attack, one of the baddest reggae tunes of all time). Marcia started her career in 1964, recording vocals for Byron Lee and the Dragonaires . She cut her teeth at the world famous Studio One. Click here to check out a youthful Marcia getting...