A couple weeks ago I picked up the much personally anticipated new release from Michael Franti and Spearhead...All Rebel Rockers. I've become a HUGE Franti fan over the past few years and was fortunate enough to see him in concert last summer. Below is the lowdown from their website regarding the album...Michael Franti and Spearhead return with their eagerly-awaited album, ALL REBEL ROCKERS, on September 9, via Anti-Records. Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, with reggae's most prolific production teams, Sly & Robbie (No Doubt, Alicia Keys, Sean Paul, Bob Dylan), this new release deviates from Franti's previous sound and comprises a hybrid dub-infused soul flavor with some hard-hitting dub rock production. Alongside Dave Shul (guitars), Manas Itiene (drums), Carl Young (bass) and Raliegh Neal (keyboards), the album also features Zap Mama founder Marie Daulne and Jamaican soul/dancehall star Cherine Anderson.
To me their music represents much more than the contemporary sound fusion of Reggae, Rock, Dub, and Soul...but delivers lyrical messages of positivity, peace, love, anti-war, and environmental and social consciousness, that put you in a great state of mind...and to me, that's what music is all about. These guys are immensely talented and have only scratched the surface with the amount of fans their music can touch...As Michael says, 'Power to the peaceful'...
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