Last Updated on Saturday, 11 July 2009 14:33 Written by The Resista Tuesday, 23 June 2009 13:37
Louisiana Reggae Rockers outfit "Outlaw Nation" has a new CD coming out soon called New Day but for now we will have to satisfy ourselves on their more recent release "Blood Money". I downloaded it off of ITUNES for 8.99 and caught up with Christian Simeon of the group now on a likkle break from a nation wide tour. I also took a minute to sign up for their local fan club called "The Takeover".
Blood Money: It’s a ITAL mix of horn melodies, bouncy keys and nice grooves, that give vocalist Christian Simeon with the perfect foundation to sing, it also shows off some memorable wordsmithing. The CD is according to Christian wholly responsible for their current trajectory in the music business. I really like the keyboards and horn sounds.I recomend you buy it and get a great CD and support Lousiana Reggae Culture.Here is the Pretty Girls music video which harkens back to the Riddim O.N. used on the song "Better Way".
Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 February 2009 23:32 Written by The Resista Wednesday, 11 February 2009 22:53
I went to the House of Blues Tuesday nigh and saw the Stephen Marley Mind Control Acoustic Tour. It was a very interesting and entertaining show. I have seen a lot of good 
reggae shows there but this one was different. I slightly different crowd for instance than the Israel Vibrations show but just as big.
This show was acoustic as advertised but it was more than that the instrumentation was more of an In-a-da-yard vein. There was a percussionist as normal but also added was a giant Pope Smasher style Niyabinghi drum that was spot on with the bass notes in certain spots and bigger than any I have ever seen. The bass and this drum filled up the whole club with super low end frequencies. This low end was all balanced with Stephen singing and an older guy singing a high falsetto harmony part. There was a guitarist and a guy that played both the flute and the soprano sax. Stephen played the guitar and a Djembe and a shaker alternating on almost every tune. The percussionist was just awesome. He could hardly be seen from the floor though as he was playing a Repeater type Niyabinghi drum almost the whole time. He stood up and played his beautiful leopard wood congas a few times but most of the time he favored the Kete.
I had read that some shows had a steel guitar and some other stuff and I would have liked to have heard that but believe me when I say that I got my money's worth. Not only did he play a lot of songs but he and the other guys were sitting right at the edge of the stage where they could have touched the people on the front row while they were playing. He also did a four song encore.
He played a lot of his father’s songs too and he did them very well. I guess if anyone can get away with doing Bob Marley covers it is him or his brothers. The audience new almost every word of every song it seemed and he invited people to dance and sing as loud as they wanted just as if they were hanging out with him at the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston. It was beautiful,
