SHOK WAVE is your weekly new REGGAE music. SHOK WAVE finds music that is out there in the form of Reggae, Dancehall, Soca, Ska, Dub, Reggae Rock & anything else musical with a Caribbean origin and in any language.
Here is what we found this week.......Enjoy!
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Ray Benson "Swingin' & Skankin'"
Think about this, combining the slide guitar used in country music and combining that with traditional Jamaican ska. Have you thought about it? Hard to imagine or can't wrap your head around it? Well, Ray Benson has done it with the title track of his album "Swingin' & Skankin,'" It's Ttheophilus Beckford's original that transitions into Bob Marley's 'Easy Skanking.' The album is full of classics that all sound good with blues, rock, country, reggae, ska and more all fused together. Purist and strictly one dimensional enthuiasists may not find endearment ( we were like that once). We try to stay open minded and that's what you need here. Roy has a seasoned voice and plays a hell of a guitar whether country or blues. This album is 10 covers from 'On The Road Again,' 'Route 66,' 'Boogie In My Bones,' 'Highway 61' which has Pato Banton touching it, and 'Put It On' is the albums lead single. There's a space between reggae and country here. That twangy guitar has place in there.We also enjoyed 'Got Riddim' a more musical track of the sound this album has produced with just the words of the title randomingly put in there. The kids might like 'Happy Trails.' The album features Jamaica's best in Sly Dunabr, Robbie Lyn, Jamaican guitarists Dwight Pickney & Steve Golding, bassist Tony Garnier of Bob dylan fame, and Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers. Lastly, Ray produced the track 'Still Is Still Moving To Me' for Toots & The Maytals Grammy Winning reggae album "True Lover," the famous Willie Nelson song. Listen for yourself
JR Reid 'Big Man Arms Di Yutes Dem'
It is a classic riddim (Taxi), a classic topic and a classic artist named JR Reid. The root of the problem was when the political parties gave guns toyouths in the different garrisons to build their political power. It ended up the ghetto youths killing each other. It's JR Production and brings that ol' time vibe of the dancehall and he renames the riddim after this song.
Natty ‘Mountains’
There’s magic in the words ‘meet me up in the mountains’ when a natty says that to you. When Natty sings it to you with that catchy melody of his, you want to hear it even more. Im fact, it’s so catchy, you actually do not hear it enough. It’s in the chorus yet you are not satisfied. We would have added it more. In all honesty , this arrangement show give it more life.
JahDon feat. Dean Fraser 'Family Man'
NonPalidece feat. Big Youth, Brinsley Forde & Bongo Herman 'Dame Luz'
Pinky Dread ‘Just The Way You Are’
Rayvn Lenae 'Candy'
Soul Rebel "Soul Ventures:A Rebel's Genesis"
Richie Stephens 'Big Up Kamala Harris'
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