Lyric DVD Magazine – The Roots
Lyric DVD Magazine is set to release The Roots – Spring 2009 – A Lyric DVD Magazine Special Edition. This historic reggae anthology will take you on a mystical musical journey through the sweet echoes of reggae’s past, to a time when ska ruled, when rocksteady made every one happy, when Studio One riddims rocked the speaker boxes with a deafening thump. A time when Toyan and Barry G made you tune in til’ ah morning.
This Lyric DVD special series is filled with a cast of Jamaican music legends including the Heptones, the Mighty Diamonds, Sugar Minott, the Meditations, Derrick Harriott, Tinga Stewart, Leroy Brown, the Tamlins, Tectracks, Ed Robinson, Anthony Johnson, Al Capone, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Brigadier Gerry, Sista Carol, Mumma Nancy, The Abyssinians, Al Campbell, U Roy and many more.
More current / recent artistes including Pressure Buss Pipe, Natural Black, Spanner Banner, Len hammond, Warrior King, Alborosie, Peter Morgan and others will also tell you why their own music stems from the very roots of the music.
All this plus a bonus tribute section on the roles that Bob Marley, Hugh Mundell, Peter Tosh, Jack Ruby, Jacky Mittoo, King Tubby, Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd, Augusto Pablo, Rita Marley, Freddy Mckay, Tenor Saw and Garnet Silk played in the growth and strength of Jamaican music.
Stay tuned to lyricdvdmag.com for regular updates.
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